InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ You were tiny ❯ You were tiny ( Chapter 1 )

You were Tiny…

Wrote by: Onimusha

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A/N: I don't own Inu and comp. I do own the song. It is mine alone.

In my story, Kagome's father didn't die when she was a little girl.

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Chapter 1

It was a beautiful day in downtown Tokyo as everyone in the city went on their own way to complete their daily tasks, whether it be for work or not. The hustle and bustle of the world went on as a young women of 20, quietly entered the drawing room of her mothers home. Walking to the window on the other side of the room, she opened it. The morning breeze felt good on her face as it blew through her raven hair. Sighing to herself, a few tears escaped her eyes despite the fact she was so valiantly trying to keep them from falling in the first place.

Sighing again as she wiped the moister from her eyes with her hankie, she looked to the other side of the room to where a piano sat. Slowly walking to the instrument, she slumped her shoulders in defeat and didn't attempt to stop the tears from falling feely down her cheeks.

Placing her hand to her swollen belly, she sat herself on the bench and reached over with her other hand to the top of the piano and placed a sheet of music in front of her. After blowing her nose and drying her eyes, she composed herself as best she could in her hour of sadness and anguish.

Looking over her shoulder to make sure she was still alone, she placed the other hand to her belly and spoke in a quiet voice.

"My child. Soon you will be born into this world of ours. A world of wonders and excitement, full of life and love. But, also a world that hold great sadness along with it. Unfortunately my child, you will never know your Grandfather…" she trailed off her sentence as her eyes welled up with a fresh set of tears. Quietly sobbing into her hankie for a few moments she dried her eyes again and continued speaking.

"Your Grandfather, my Father, was a very talented man you see. He possessed a very special talent in playing the piano. Mama and I would always be spell bound as we watched his fingers glide of the piano keys as he played for us. I remember anxiously waiting for him to come home from work when I was a little girl so that I could just watch him play. Then one day, when I was about 10 or so, he came home, took me by the hand and led me to the drawing room. There he asked me if I wanted to learn how to play that magnificent instrument in which I loved to hear so much of. Sigh….. He taught me everything he knew over the next few years. Including how to compose my own music. Then one day I grew up, and fell in love with your Father. And to my surprise, on the day of our wedding, your Grandfather handed to me a folder. As I opened it, I started to cry. Inside the folder, was a simple sheet of music titled, `You were Tiny.' It was addressed to me with my full name and sighed by my Father….." she trailed off again as she took her hands away from her belly and placed them onto the piano keys. Taking in a deep breath and releasing it, she slowly began to play the music as she then began to sing the words.

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`You were tiny, oh, so tiny,

You were such a tiny baby long ago,

But it doesn't seem so long ago
to me,

Today.

You were tiny, oh, so tiny,

In the rocking chair you couldn't fill the seat,

But you filled my heart up so completely,

You did,

You did.

Then you grew up,

And even though I couldn't see you day by day,

I saw my baby grow away,

To become,

The woman that I see today.

But don't feel bad,

For dear old Dad,

He understands, you see.

That you should grow and leave your home,

And start your own dear family.

There's another,

There's another man to love and care for you,

Do the things for you that I cant do,

And that's ok.

I will miss you,

I will miss my little girl,

But I will love you;
love the woman you've become,

But still, I miss you,

And I think I always will.'

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As the she ended her song, two hands placed themselves onto her shoulders and gave a gentle squeeze. She didn't have to turn around to see who it was as the owner of the hands leaned down to her ear and whispered, `I love you.' At those words she stood up and turned to face the owner of those hands. Wrapping her arms around their neck, she quietly sobbed into their shoulder.

"Why didn't have to happen? Why now when our child is near to be born? I very much wanted him to be the teacher, just as he taught me those years ago." She kept mumbling out such questions as the other person led them to the couch near the doorway and sat them down.

"Kagome, look at me."

Slowly pulling away from the shoulder she was crying on, she looked into her mother's soft eyes. Mrs. Higurashi smiled, and then placed one hand to her daughter's swollen belly, and the other to her cheek as she wiped a stray tear.

"Your Father has not left us Kagome. Just because you cannot see him, does not mean he is not here. It is through music that he will live on. Each time you play that piece of music, he will fill the room with his presence. There is a story that goes with that song he wrote for you. Do you want to hear it?" Kagome slowly nodded her head.

"But what about the guests in the living room Mama. I can't go back out there right now. I just can't." Her throat started to tighten as she struggled to suppress the tears that threatened to fall again.

Smiling a sad smile herself, Mrs. Higurashi engulfed her daughter in a motherly hug and kissed her forehead before speaking.

"I think they can handle themselves for a bit as I tell you this one story." Kagome nodded her head again and then laid it onto her mothers shoulder with her eyes closed just as a young man quietly entered the room. Mrs.Higurashi looked up at the young man and smiled.

As with every one in the house that morning, the young man was dressed in a black. His age is not for sure, even with him. But he looked quite young. Most likely in his twenties or so. His white/silver hair was pulled back with a hair tie and he wore a black cap on top of his head. He too, wore a sad smile as he slowly walked to the couch and sat down beside Kagome.

Feeling the left side of her sag down as the young man sat on the couch, Kagome raised her head from her mothers shoulder to chance a look at who it was. Upon seeing her husband next to her, she dried her eyes once again as he effortlessly picked her up and placed her on his lap. Wrapping his arms securely beneath her swollen belly, the young man nuzzled his face into Kagome's neck and began rubbing her belly. Upon seeing her daughter finally calming down, Mrs. Higurashi decided that maybe she would wait just a bit to tell the story behind that sheet of music. What her daughter needed for the moment, she couldn't give.

"Kagome dear. Take all the time you need. And if you decide not to rejoin us in the living room, I'll understand. I don't want you anymore stressed out then you already are while your still pregnant. Just stay here and I'll bring up some lunch a bit later."

Getting up from the couch, Mrs. Higurashi bent down and placed a kiss to Kagome's forehead. Giving a quick rub to the belly that held her grandchild, she left the room and closed the door behind her.

"Kagome. What was that song you were singing a few moments ago? It was so beautiful, yet sad." Whispered Kagome's husband. Closing her eyes and taking in a deep breath, she reached up her small hand and took off his cap. After a moment of groping through his hair, she found the furry triangle ear and began to gently stroke it. The rumble that issued forth from his chest served to relax her more.

"My Father wrote that piece for me and gave it to me on our wedding day just before we left to go back through the Well…" Kagome trailed off just as a stray tear fell down her cheek.

"Inuyasha, with the Jewel whole again and Naraku slain, how can we still want to bring a child into a world that is so wonderful and yet so dangerous all at the same time?" Kagome snuggled more into Inuyasha's embrace and closed her eyes as the memories of what took place that day they were able to make the Shikon no Tama whole once again.

A/N: That does it for now peeps. I hope you enjoyed it so far. I'm not sure as to how far I'm taking this fic. All I know is I'm just having fun. Ja' ne