InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Reason ❯ More Reminiscing ( Chapter 3 )

It happened like this. Inuyasha, Miroku, Shippo, Sango and the Higurashi's were cleaning up the attic because that's were Inuyasha, Miroku and Shippo were supposed to sleep. While they were cleaning, Kagome exclaimed, "Hey, look Souta! I found dad's guitar!"

"Really?" Souta and her mother asked at once.

"Yep, I'd recognize the Led Zepplin stickers anywhere." She said.

As promised, she pulled out a worn leather case that resembled an eight with a thing sticking out of the top and it was covered in faded color stickers that Inuyasha could just make out to be `Led Zepplin'.

Inuyasha came sniffing around the case and sneezed because of the dust. Everyone started to laugh, but he just looked at it like the curious puppy he was and said, "What is that thing? And what in the seven hells is a `Led Zepplin'?"

"Not what, Inuyasha, who." Kagome said.

"Alright then, who is that thing?" Inuyasha replied.

"No, Led Zepplin is a person, and the thing is called a guitar." She informed him.

"A guitar?" Shippo asked, who looked exactly like Inuyasha sniffing the guitar case. "What's that?"

"Yes, what is a guitar, Kagome?" Sango asked.

"Please tell us." Miroku added.

"Well, a guitar is a six stringed musical instrument that comes from Europe. Spain, I think."

"What's a Spain?" Shippo asked,

"Spain is a country." Kagome said.

"I still don't get what a guitar is." Inuyasha said.

"Well, maybe it'd be better if I just showed you." Kagome said.

She then opened the leather case with the Led Zepplin stickers and flipped open the locks before finally opening the case. There was a wooden instrument with six metal strings with a body that looked like the outlining of an eight. Everyone curiously stepped closer to get a better look at the strange and mysterious thing Kagome called a guitar. Kagome took it out and held it up to her body with the string part facing out. She purposefully placed her fingers on certain parts of the neck and strummed the strings. It sounded terrible, it made Inuyasha cringe when he heard it since it sounded extra terrible with his sensitive ears.

"Oh well. I guess a couple years of not being used will do that to a guitar." Mrs. Higurashi said.

"Yeah, I guess I'll have to tune it up later." Kagome said and with that she put the `guitar' back into the leather case with the stickers that said Led Zepplin on it and put it off to the side. She then said, "Ok then, lets get back to work."

So they all started working again, but Inuyasha's mind still lingered on the `guitar'. After a couple more hours, they finally finished cleaning up the room. It was about three in the afternoon when Kagome said, "Ok, I think I'll go tune that guitar now." she went across the room to retrieve the guitar and she walked down the set of stairs that could be pulled down from the ceiling. Inuyasha followed her, along with Miroku, Sango and Shippo. She led them into her room and she once again flipped open the locks and took out the guitar and placed it on her bed. She started rummaging through several of her drawers, all the while mumbling, "Where is it?" finally, she exclaimed, "Aha! Here it is!" In her hand she produced a small black box with little white markings on it.

Shippo asked, "What is that?"

"It's called a tuner, if it still works, it can help me make the guitar sound nice and pretty again." She replied while moving back to sit on her bed. This time she held the guitar again right after she pressed a little button on the side of the box. She carefully plucked one string and a red light appeared on the little box. She then started turning one of the knobs at the end of the neck and the sound started going higher. Turning each knob numerous ways while making the sound higher and lower at different points, she seemed satisfied with her work and pressed the little button on the box again. She said, "It should sound nice and pretty now." with that she put her fingers onto the neck again and strummed. This time it didn't sound bad at all. It sounded sweet and beautiful, and it didn't hurt Inuyasha's ears this time.

"Wow!" everyone said at once.

"It really does sound nice and pretty!" Shippo said happily.

"Can you play a song for us Kagome?" Sango asked.

"Well…" was Kagome's response.

"Yes, please!" Miroku added.

"Well… I'm not very good at singing or playing the guitar. And I haven't practiced in years." Kagome said.

"Feh! Even if you practiced for ten years you'd still sound bad." Inuyasha said.

"Oh yeah! I'll show you." With that she started playing a song. It was simple, but Kagome played it with ease, and was good at it. when the last chord of the song died away, she said, "See, I'm not completely terrible."

"Feh!" was Inuyasha's remark.

"Wow, Kagome! You're good!" Shippo said. Sango and Miroku nodded their heads in agreement.

But Inuyasha, being the great guy he was, said, "Feh! It wasn't that good."

Kagome suprisingly agreed and said, "Well, there are a lot of better players out there. I'll let you listen to a song with a guy who plays way better than me." She stood up and placed the guitar back on her bed. She took something round a shiny out of a drawer and placed it in a big box. She pressed a couple buttons and sound started to come out.

"This song is called `Dust In the Wind', by Kansas." She informed. The sound was probably a guitar like Kagome played, only it was way better. Except it sounded different. It sounded like it played every individual string instead of groups like Kagome played. Then the words started.

I close my eyes, only for a moment, and the moment's gone
All my dreams, pass before my eyes, a curiosity
Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind
Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea
All we do, crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see

Dust in the wind, All we are is dust in the wind

Then there was a break in the lyrics where everything was music. There were a few sounds that just couldn't have been made by the guitar. But the guitar continued in the background. The music part without lyrics was really really long. Then the lyrics started again.

Don't hang on, nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky
It slips away, all your money won't another minute buy

Dust in the wind, All we are is dust in the wind

Inuyasha really didn't understand the lyrics, but the sound of the song was sad. As the last notes faded away he said, "That was a sad song. What did it mean?"

Kagome tried to translate some of the song, but wasn't very successful at it, but they got the idea. Inuyasha abruptly said, "Don't you have one of those things that you can carry around in your pocket?"

"You mean a walkman? Yeah I have one, why?" she asked accusingly.

"I wanna listen to that song and I don't wanna hafta be in here to listen to it."inuyasha explained.

"Oh, ok." Kagome said. She retrieved the familiar little gray thing that made music too. They all left her room, Inuyasha carrying the guitar while he followed Kagome, who was holding her `walk man', back to his room upstairs. When they got upstairs, she explained to him how to work it. The sun cast golden rays into the room as it hovered a bit over the horizon, promising a beautiful sunset soon.

She left, and he sat there, listening to the song over and over and over again. After he listened to it maybe ten times, he picked up the guitar. He cautiously started playing a few random sounds as he tried to play the song he had listened to. He played it through once. It didn't sound too bad, so he played it again. And again, and again and again. After he played it the sixth or seventh time, he heard applause from behind him. He hadn't realized someone was watching him, and he didn't notice them come in because he was so concentrated on playing the song.

She looked around Kagome's age and wore similar clothing to her, but her hair was different. It was cut differently, it looked like they were cut in layers, and the tips of her hair were blue and there were streaks that were blue too. After she finished applauding, she said, "Wow, you're really good!" but then she noticed the little ears on top of Inuyasha's head and squealed "KAWAII! Puppy ears!" she then proceeded to run up to him, practically attacking him, and rubbing his ears.

He yelled out, "Ahhhh! Get of me, stupid bitch!"

But the girl didn't seem to notice, she just kept rubbing his ears.

Kagome came running up the stairs and between breaths said, "Inuyasha *gasp* what *gasp* happened?*gasp*" she then saw the girl that was rubbing Inuyasha's ears. She then said, "Mina?" and started laughing hysterically.

The girl called Mina realized what she was doing and abruptly stopped and stood a good few feet away from him and apologized. "I'm sorry, and didn't mean to do that. Its just that your ears are so cute." She then added, "I really did mean what I said about how good you are. Would you wanna join my band?"