InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The One Who Heals My Heart ❯ Chapter 8 ( Chapter 8 )

Chapter 8

The group soon found themselves at a club. She show that the guys had put on had been an early one, and had been done around 9:00. Then they had talked for about an hour, so that put the time at about 10:00 at night. The club hadn’t been open for very long, but already there was a long line up.

“What is this place?” Kagome asked the other’s in the limo with her.

She had ended up in limo with Kaiya, Toki, Sango, Miroku and Shippo. The other’s were in another limo behind them.

“It’s the most popular club in Japan,” Kaiya answered her. “It’s called the Kizokun. Inu and Sess own it.”

Kagome raised an eyebrow. “The Kizokun? Let me guess, Sess picked the name?”

Toki laughed. “You guessed right.”

“While we’re here,” Sango said, “You’re going to have to call us by other names, Kagome. We haven’t been known as our real names for quite some time.”

“What are the names you’re known as?”

Kaiya spoke up at this question. “Hee hee. I know them. Mom is Taka. Dad is

Maro. Rin is Akiko. Sess is Kin. Ayame is Hana. Koga is Akira. Shippo is Hibiki. And Inu… he’s Juro.”

Kagome realized something in that moment.

“So Inu is that Uncle you two were always talking about?”

Toki laughed. “Yup. He’s the one that I liked to spend so much time with.”

“I still resent that,” Miroku said.

“Get over it,” Sango said. “You had another son and three daughters to dote your affection on. I thought it was nice of Toki to spend so much time with Inu.”

“Wait a second,” Kagome said. “I thought Kaiya told me that she had three sisters and three brothers.”

Kaiya blushed. “I did. But when your parents look as old as you are, you tend to tell every one that they’re your siblings, not your Mom and Dad.”

“I see.”

Soon they were all out of the limos and Inu walked right up to the bouncer and talked to him for a minute. The next thing Kagome knew, she was being ushered into the club. Once she got a chance to look around, she noticed that it was actually lager then it looked from the outside. It had a huge dace floor on the main floor, with two bars on it. One on each side. There were tables set up around the dance floor, and a stage at the back. In one corner there were stairs that had a rope over them, and a bouncer standing at the bottom.

“That’s the VIP section,” Toki told her. “We have our own table up there. The music isn’t as loud, and there’s couches and plush chairs around the tables. It’s really quite nice.”

Kagome smiled and followed them to the stairs. The bouncer took one look at Sess and Inu and let them all in. Kagome was unfortunate enough to be the last to walk up to him. He put his hand up to stop her.

“This is the VIP section. You can’t go up there.”

“But,” Kagome started.

“She’s with us, Kaori,” Inu said as he came back to see what had held her up.

“Yes Sir,” the bouncer said, and let Kagome in.

“Sorry, we’ll have to give you a pass. I’ll get one for you later. I think I have one for you in the office.”

Kagome smiled. “You had one made up for me before?”

Inu blushed. “We were all hoping to see you again. Call it wishful thinking.”

Soon they were all seated at a table. They were all talking about how well they thought the concert had gone. Suddenly Inu started to groan.

“What’s wrong Jour?” Kagome asked. Luckily she remembered to call m=him by his new name.

“I can’t believe that stupid DJ id playing this song.”

“Hey! That’s my son you’re talking about!” Miroku said.

The song had only just started. Kagome had recognized it as one of theirs.   Hey dad look at me
Think back and talk to me
Did I grow up according to plan?
And do you think I'm wasting my time doing things I wanna do?
But it hurts when you disapprove all along

And now I try hard to make it
I just want to make you proud
I'm never gonna be good enough for you
I can't pretend that
I'm alright
And you can't change me

'Cuz we lost it all
Nothing lasts forever
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect
Now it's just too late and
We can't go back
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect

Kagome looked over at Inu. “Why would you sing a song like this?”

“I wrote it about Sess, I just switched Bro to Dad. Made it better in my opinion. I wrote it after a fight we had. It was my way to vent.”
I try not to think
About the pain I feel inside
Did you know you used to be my hero?
All the days you spent with me
Now seem so far away
And it feels like you don't care anymore

And now I try hard to make it
I just want to make you proud
I'm never gonna be good enough for you
I can't stand another fight
And nothing's alright

'Cuz we lost it all
Nothing lasts forever
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect
Now it's just too late and
We can't go back
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect

Nothing's gonna change the things that you said
Nothing's gonna make this right again
Please don't turn your back
I can't believe it's hard
Just to talk to you
But you don't understand

Kagome smiled. “I kinda like it. I bet it talks to a lot of Teens out there.”

“It’s one of our more popular songs,” Sess said. “I bet Kado only played it because some one asked for it. He knows how you feel about it Juro.”

Inu sighed. “I’m sure that’s the case. I still can’t believe you guys talked me into recording it.”   'Cuz we lost it all
Nothing lasts forever
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect
Now it's just too late and
We can't go back
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect

'Cuz we lost it all
Nothing lasts forever
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect
Now it's just too late and
We can't go back
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect  

Koga smiled. He felt it safe to talk now that he song was over, the others had only been talking while there was a music break.

“It was one of your better songs, Juro. We felt it necessary to record it. I, for one, knew it was going to be a hit as soon as I read it.”

Miroku agreed with Koga. Inu just grunted.

“I take it, the fight that made you write it was a bad one,” Kagome said.

“That’s one way to put it,” Sango said. “Kin called him a dirty half-breed. After years of never hearing that from anyone, it got to our sweet Juro.”

“But I made Kin apologize,” Rin said. “After all, our children are half-breed too. If he was going to insult Juro like that, he was insulting our own children too.”

Kagome was shocked. “You guys have kids?”

Sess smiled. “Two. A boy and a girl. They’re rather young. We had to leave them at home with a baby sitter tonight.”

“How old are they?”

Rin pulled out the photos. “This is our oldest, Kano. He’s 6 now.” she showed Kagome a photo of a little boy with sliver hair and golden eyes. He looked just like a mini Inu. “Then there’s our sweet Etsu. She’s 3.” The little girl in that photo was a mini Rin with silver hair. Her eyes were all her mother though.

“They’re so cute!” Kagome said. “Kano looks like a little Juro!”

“Keh,” came from the man.

“Who’s watching them?”

Sango smiled. “That would be our oldest. She said that she didn’t mind since her kids love having Kano and Etsu over so much.”

“Hey!” Kagome said. “I still haven’t seen your pictures yet!”

Sango smiled and pulled out her wallet. She had picture’s of all of her children, and many of her grandchildren. You could tell they were all related to the slayer and monk.

“Enough with the pictures already!” Shippo said. “Next you’ll want to see pictures of all of Akira and Hana’s children.”

“Ohh! How many d you guys have?”

Inu started to laugh. “Too many to count. They were trying to repopulate the wolf tribe all on their own.”

Koga smiled. “I can’t help it. I love kids!”

“We have ten,” Ayame said. “Then there’s 13 grandchildren.”

“Only one child at home still though. Hana wanted another when Kano was born. She likes having at least one in the house at all times. She’s with Kano and Etsu at Kane’s house. All the kids get along. They tend to beg us for sleepover’s.”

Kagome smiled. It was nice to know that they had families, but it saddened her to know how much she missed in her friends lives.

Miroku looked at his wife and smiled. “Would you care to dance, my sweet?”

Sango rolled her eyes at his name for her. “Why not.”

The two got up and went down the stairs to the dance floor. Soon Sess and Rin followed them. The next thing Kagome knew, Kaiya and Shippo were also gone.

“Where did Shippo and Kaiya go?”

Inu smiled. “Kaiya has a thing for him, she talked him into dancing with her.”

“I think I’ll go find someone of my own to dance with,” Toki said, and took off.

“You think they may have planned this?” Kagome asked when she realized that Inu and herself were alone.

“Knowing them,” Inu said, “They did. For some reason they think that we should be alone.”

Kagome blushed. She suddenly remembered what she had whispered as she was sent back to her own time. A part of her hoped he didn’t hear her, a different part hoped he did. She didn’t know how to act around him anymore. She hadn’t seen him in a year… speaking of which.

“How come you guys didn’t come see me in the year since I’ve been back here permanently?”

Inu smiled. “I couldn’t remember the date you had told me that morning. We didn’t want to disrupt the flow of how thing went, so we decided to wait. When we made the band, we thought it would make the perfect way to see you again. An it seems we were right.”

“But Kaiya had to have known who I was when we first met if she grew up with Miroku telling her stories about our past.”

Inu nodded his head. “She did. Miroku didn’t even tell us about it. He just came up to me one day and said that he wanted to do a live performance. I didn’t think anything of it at the time. When we first started the band, we agreed not to let the public see our faces. We didn’t want you to notice that we were here before it was time. But when he came to me about doing a concert, I was all too happy to oblige. I was getting board with life at that point. I felt like I need something new. And Kin said that being on stage was sure to be a natural high, so why not. I was as shocked as you were when I first saw you out there.”

“When did you first see me?”

“While we were setting up. It was dark, so I knew you didn’t see me. I ran to Sango and talked her into not turning the lights on until I introduced us. I wanted to get over my shock first. She didn’t understand at first, but agreed anyway. She thought I was up to no good.”

Kagome smiled. “Okay, but what about when I came to the back to see you guys? I got a hug form the others, but not you.”

“Hey!” Inu said. “Kin didn’t hug you either!”

“Yah, but I wasn’t expecting one from him.”

“So you were expecting one from me?”

“Why wouldn’t I? You are my best friend.”

Inu looked a little disappointed at this confession. He was hoping she would say that she loved him. Over the years he had talked himself into believing that he had only been hearing things when he heard her say it before she disappeared. But still, there was that small part of him that held onto that hope that his mind hadn’t been playing tricks on him. Now those hopes were dashed.

“I see,” he said calmly. “Do you still want a hug?”

Kagome smiled. “I’d love one.”

Inu shrugged and leaned over and gave her a quick hug. When he did this, Kagome got a look at the mark that was on his chest again. She still didn’t get a good look, since it happened so fast. But it reminded her to ask about it again.

“You still haven’t told me bout what’s on your chest,” she said as calmly as she could.

Inu smiled sadly. “It’s not the time to be talking about that.”

“Then tell me about your life. I don’t think I got the whole story yet.”

“There really isn’t that much to tell. I lived these past 500 years, with my family. I grew up in more ways then one, and I’ve waited.”

“Waited?”

Inu smiled. “I’ve waited to see you again. I’ve missed you.”

Kagome couldn’t believe her hears. Did he just admit to missing her?

“Our time together was fun. I missed having you around. And just like I told you before you left, I treasured the time we spent together.”

That reminded Kagome that she had never heard what Inuyasha was going to say to her before she left. She had always regretted not hearing it.

“Do you remember, right before I completed the Jewel and gave it to you, we both had something to say?”

Inu looked confused. “Ya?”

“Well, you let me go first, and I never did get to hear what you wanted to say. I’d like to hear it now. If you remember what it was that is.”

He couldn’t help but smile. “I remember.”

“Would you mind telling me?”

“No, I don’t mind. I was going to tell you that I loved you, and ask you to marry me… although I probably would have asked you to mate with me. That’s how I was back then.”

Kagome was shocked. “Do… Do you still… love me?”

Inu smiled. “Of course. Inu youkia mate for life. We only mate again if our mate dies. That’s why Kin was so happy that Akiko would have a longer life. He didn’t like the thought of losing his mate.”

“So… you never found someone else?”

“Who else is there for me? You were the first person to accept me for who I was. And you brought others to your way of thinking. It’s because of you I have friends and family. I could never find someone better.”

Kagome didn’t know what to say. Here Inuyasha was, telling her he still loved her, and she was at a loss for words. What do you say to something like that? She guessed there was only one thing TO say to that.

“I love you too Inu.” $&$&$  

A/N: The song in this chapter is “Perfect” by Simple Plan. I thought it really told how Inu feels about Sess at times. I hope it works. And I hope this chapter help with some of the questions you may have had.

Also, Kizokuin means house of lords.