InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The One Who Heals My Heart ❯ Chapter 19 ( Chapter 19 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Chapter 19

“H..H… Hojo?” Kagome whispered. There on the dance floor with her old junior high friend was none other then the one guy she had tried to date after she was locked out of the well.

“Huh?” Inu said. “Who's Hojo?”

Kagome shook her head. “No one.”

“No way, missy. I recognize that name from some where. Now who is it?”

Kagome pointed to Eri. “That guy that's dancing with Eri. He was in junior high and high school with me.”

Inu looked. “The guy that's dressed like a biker, but can't pull the look off for the life of him?”

Kagome nodded.

“What's wrong Kags?” Inu asked, finally noticing how white she had become.

“I… I… I went on a date with him in junior high because my friends talked me into it. Then after the well got closed, I tried to see if I could get over you. And I though, `who better then the guy everyone tries to push on me?' So I dated him for about a month.”

Inu raised an eyebrow. “Should I be jealous?”

Kagome looked up at her fiancé and mate and smiled, the color coming back to her face. “Why would you be jealous?”

Inu shrugged. “Your reaction to seeing him for one.”

Kagome giggled. “It was just a shock to see him again. We broke up just after graduation. He was going to a different school, and I realized that my feelings for you would always surpass anything I could hope to feel for someone else. It was actually just after we started to date that I realized that if I couldn't have a life with you, I didn't want a life with anyone. But he was fun to hang out with, so I just kept dating him.”

Inu grinned. “I guess it's a good thing I felt the same way about you then, huh? Other wise you would have been screwed!”

Kagome gave him a smack on the arm. “Juro!!”

He just grinned, then promptly grabbed her hand and pulled her onto the dance floor just as the lyrics of the next song started. It was one of Fukumaden's songs, and the two started to grinned to the beat, lost in their own little world. Inu lipped the words as they danced… but no one but Kags seemed to notice.

(When this began)
I had nothing to say
And I get lost in the nothingness inside of me
(I was confused)
And I let it all out to find
That I'm not the only person with these things in mind
(Inside of me)
But all the vacancy the words revealed
Is the only real thing that I've got left to feel
(Nothing to lose)
Just stuck/ hollow and alone
And the fault is my own, and the fault is my own

I wanna heal, I wanna feel what I thought was never real
I wanna let go of the pain I've held so long
(Erase all the pain till it's gone)
I wanna heal, I wanna feel like I'm close to something real
I wanna find something I've wanted all along
Somewhere I belong

And I've got nothing to say
I can't believe I didn't fall right down on my face
(I was confused)
Looking everywhere only to find
That it's not the way I had imagined it all in my mind
(So what am I)
What do I have but negativity
'Cause I can't justify the way, everyone is looking at me
(Nothing to lose)
Nothing to gain/ hollow and alone
And the fault is my own, and the fault is my own

I wanna heal, I wanna feel what I thought was never real
I wanna let go of the pain I've held so long
(Erase all the pain till it's gone)
I wanna heal, I wanna feel like I'm close to something real
I wanna find something I've wanted all along
Somewhere I belong

I will never know myself until I do this on my own
And I will never feel anything else, until my wounds are healed
I will never be anything till I break away from me
I will break away, I'll find myself today

I wanna heal, I wanna feel what I thought was never real
I wanna let go of the pain I've held so long
(Erase all the pain till it's gone)
I wanna heal, I wanna feel like I'm close to something real
I wanna find something I've wanted all along Somewhere I belong

I wanna heal, I wanna feel like I'm somewhere I belong
I wanna heal, I wanna feel like I'm somewhere I belong
Somewhere I belong

When the song was over, Inu leaned over Kags shoulder. They had ended up with her back to his chest. He whispered, “I found where I belong…”

Kagome smiled and turned around. Just as she was about to give her mate a kiss, they heard “Kagome?!?” from behind her. The two looked at who had called her name. It was Hojo and Eri.

Hojo had a shocked look on his face. Obviously he had been the one to call her name, since he still had his mouth open. Eri just stood there with a satisfied smirk on her lips.

“Oh!” Kagome said as she turned in Inu's arms. “Hi Hojo. Nice to see you again. Hi Eri.”

“Who's this?” Hojo asked, pointing to Inu.

Inu started to growl lowly. “Don't you know it's not polite to point?”

Hojo just frowned and looked back at Kagome expectantly.

Before Kagome could answer, Eri butted in. “That's Juro, the lead singer of Fukumaden. Apparently they've known each other for years.”

“Why were you about to kiss him? You never let me kiss you in public.” Hojo asked.

Inu growled again. “One would think it would be fine for a engaged couple to kiss when and where ever they like.”

Both Hojo and Eri let out a gasp.

“You two are engaged?” Eri asked. “When did that happen?”

Kagome smiled up at her mate. “The night of the last concert.”

At this point Hojo came out of his stupor. “But… Kagome, I thought that the reason that we broke up was because you said that you had lost your one true love, and could never love some one like you loved him. I remember you saying that you didn't want to be with anyone if you couldn't be with him.”

Inu grinned down at his mate. “One true love?”

Kagome slugged him in the arm. “Don't get a swelled head. I thought I'd never see you again! I was feeling sorry for myself at the time too!”

“You mean,” Hojo looked shocked as he asked, “that HE'S the guy you were talking about?”

Inu grinned. “I don't think she meant my brother…”

“As nice as that mental picture was, I think I'll stick with Akiko,” came from behind Inu.

The two turned and smiled at the sight before them. Standing there was Sess, with Rin in his arms, Shippo with his arm slung around Kaiya's shoulders, Toki with a shit eating grin, Sango and Miroku holding on to one another, and Koga with Ayame on his back, a huge grin on her face as well.

“Hey guys,” Inu said. “I'd like you to meet Eri, Kagome's old friend from junior high, and Hobo, her Ex.”

“Ohh!” Miroku said with a raised eyebrow.

“That's Hojo!” Eri yelled.

Inu shrugged. “Whatever.”

“Well, Juro, introduce us!” Kaiya said.

Inu huffed. “Homo, Eri, this is my brother Kin, his wife Akiko.” He pointed to each person as he said their name. ((A/N: I'm doing it in the order I did above, just incase you're wondering.)) “That shrimp over there is Hibiki. He's holding onto Kaiya. Then there's Kaiya's brother Toki, and that's my best friend Maro, and Kag's best friend Taka. Then that's Akira and his wife, Hana. As Eri should know, Kin, Hibiki, Maro , Akira and I are the band members of Fukumaden.”

“Good job Juro! You got us all right!” Toki said teasingly.

Inu looked to the boy he had helped raise and grinned. “I'll get you back for that at the mansion tonight!”

Toki's eyes widened and took a big gulp. “Sorry Uncle!! I didn't mean it!!!”

Inu just smiled.

“Uncle??” Eri asked with a frown. “How could you be his Uncle if he's only two years older then me and Kagome? And I`d have to say that you`re about our age? Isn`t he older then you?”

Toki took this one. “Juro is older them he looks. And he's been a family friend for as long as I can remember, so both Kaiya and I started to call him uncle.”

“He was there for our births..” Kaiya added. “And it just feels right when our brother and Juro have been friends forever.”

“Who's your brother?” Eri asked.

“That would be me,” Miro piped up.

Eri started to give Miroku a look that said she was open to anything he would be willing to do. That was the point where Kagome thought of something… If Miroku and Sango were going to be having another kid, they really couldn't be pretending to be brother and sister anymore.

“Taka and Maro are actually getting married soon too,” Kagome piped up.

Everyone in the group hid their shock. They all figured that she'd explain that one when they got home.

“Oh!” Eri said.

“We really should be getting home now, little brother,” Sess said calmly.

Inu shrugged. “Fine with me.”

Kagome smiled at her old friends. “It was good seeing you again, bye.” And the gang was on their way out of the club.

$&$&$

Once everyone was at the house and sitting in the large family room that was meant to hold everyone, after getting changed out of their Halloween outfits, they all looked at Kagome expectantly. She seemed to not notice, so Kaiya finally piped up with, “So what was with you telling that Eri chick that Mom and Dad were getting married?”

Kagome grinned. “I saw Eri looking at Miroku like she would be happy to go home with him, and I remembered the other night when they said they wouldn't mind having another kid. So I thought that they can't pretend to be brother and sister, and have a kid together, so why not get Sango a new last name, and get them married.”

Sess rose one eyebrow. “That's a really good idea. I'm still not sure why we made them act like brother and sister in the first place.”

Inu shrugged. “It was funny to see Miroku try to keep his hands off of his wife while we were in public.”

Miroku squeaked. “That was the reason?”

Shippo laughed. “Ya, and it made for great entertainment each time you forgot!”

Sango smiled. “It was actually my idea. I thought it might get that bad habit you have out of your system.”

Miroku's hands went to his eyes and he through this head back onto the couch. “Why me?!? What did I ever do to deserve this torture?”

Sango patted her husbands leg. “There there dear. It wasn't that bad, was it?”

He looked over at her. “You have no idea. We're never doing that again. From now on, we're doing what Rin, Sess, Ayame and Koga have been doing.”

Kagome tilted her head to one side. “And that would be?”
Inu smiled. “They've been getting remarried once every twenty years or so.”

“That works,” she said with a shrug and a yawn.

“Tired baby?”

“Mmmm.”

“Then let's get you to bed.”

With that Inu stood up and scooped Kagome into his arms. He then made his way to their room, where he shut the door and placed her onto the bed. After taking off the shorts he had slipped into when they got back, he got into the bed.

Kagome had already rolled onto her side, and he snuggled in, spooning her from the back. His one arm was under her pillow, the other around her waist.

“You did good tonight, my love,” he whispered into her ear. Kagome turned her head slightly, so she could see him, and to let him know that she heard him.

“What do you mean?”

“Your singing. You did really well. Do you think you would like to sing with us more often?”

Kagome smiled and cuddled deeper into Inu's arms. “I would love to sing with all of you some more. But you know how I feel about singing in front of people.”

Inu smiled and gave her a kiss on the cheek. “Don't worry, we won't be having another live concert for a while, you'd just be on the CD, singing in the studio.”

Kagome yawned. “Sounds good.”

With that the two found themselves in the wonderful lands of dreams.

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A/N: The song in this chapter is “Somewhere I Belong” by Linkin Park.