Moonlight Sonata by Vaneles

Moonlight Sonata part one

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Moonlight Sonata

By: Vaneles

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha!

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It had been five years since Naraku was destroyed and the jewel completed. Kagome made the final wish but in doing so the well was closed for good. She couldn't return home anymore.

But what was a surprise to everyone was that Kagome's wish was to give Kikyou a new soul and a body of flesh and blood. Kagome brought Kikyou back to life. Just for Inuyasha.

After the wish was made the jewel, the jewel had become nothing but a pink stone. Kagome decided to keep it on her necklace though. It may no longer be alive but it was still dangerous either way.

Kagome looked down at the jewel on her necklace and put a hand over it. Kagome remembered what Inuyasha said after Kikyou had appeared in her new body. Kagome's fragile heart broke that day when Inuyasha spoke the three deadliest words to Kikyou.

FLASHBACK

"Kagome... thank you so much." Inuyasha turned and ran to Kikyou. He wrapped his arms around her tightly and rested his face in the crook of her neck. "Kikyou... I love you."

END FLACHBACK

She held her tears back, she put on a smile and acted as though she hadn't loved him at all. But the others knew. They knew that she was playing tough to make Inuyasha happy. Even Sesshoumaru said something to her about it after Kikyou and Inuyasha's mating ceremony.

Everything he said about her was true though. Kagome was a girl who would gladly give her life to save her friends and family, a girl who would let others step on her if it meant they were happy, a girl who was afraid to speak up to the one she loved. She knew it and did nothing about it.

"You knew the half-breed would choose the undead miko, yet you still loved him. How can a ningen onna be so loyal to the one that hurts her most?"

Kagome sighed and looked down at the two children sleeping around her. There was Haru, Inuyasha and Kikyou's boy and Sakura, Sango and Miroku's little girl. Kagome had been reading them a story from the book she had with her when they fell asleep. Kagome took the role as Aunt for them. She was Sakura's godmother as well.

Miroku walked into the hut that was given to Kagome by the villagers and knelt down next to her. "I'll take Sakura-chan home now. Sango has fallen asleep already. Perhaps you should rest as well Kagome-sama." Kagome looked up at the ex-houshi and smiled.

"Alright. I'll see you in the morning then." Kagome said as she bowed her head to him. He returned the gesture and picked up his four year old daughter. Kagome watched him leave and she felt tears welling up in her blue eyes.

Kagome wiped them away and picked up the hanyou boy sleeping on her lap and smiled. She walked out of her hut and over to hut Kikyou and Inuyasha lived in. She walked in to see Kikyou sitting against the wall and Inuyasha lying on his back with his head in Kikyou's lap.

"I brought Haru home." Kagome said. "He fell asleep during the story...again." Kagome said with a small laugh. Kikyou looked up at Kagome with a sad smile.

"Kagome, when are we going to read stories to your children?" Kikyou asked. Kagome looked down at the floor. Purposely ignoring her question. She walked over to Kikyou and set Haru down on Inuyasha's stomach. Haru curled up as Inuyasha put a hand on each of his head.

"Come to think of it when are we? I ain't gettin' any younger ya know." He said. Kagome held her head down where her bangs blocked her eyes from them.

"I probably won't. I mean... the village miko has to remain pure right?" Kagome told them. And it was true. She couldn't protect the village if she lost her powers could she?

"That doesn't matter Kagome. I am no longer 'pure' and still have my powers." Kikyou commented.

"Well... uh. Got any suggestions?" Kagome asked jokingly. "The guy that marries me would have to be youkai to put up with me." She laughed sadly and then looked up at them with tears in her eyes. "I should go. I wanted to take a walk around the forest tonight so I can trust you to keep watch?" She asked.

"Hai Kagome-sama. That I will." Kikyou replied. Kagome nodded and walked out of their hut. Kikyou turned to Inuyasha and smiled. "Inuyasha do you think that she'll find someone? I would hate for her to be alone for the rest of her life."

"I hope so."

"You can tell from that look in her eyes that she wants a family of her own." Kikyou said.

"Yeah. I saw it too. But we can't help her with this. She needs to do this on her own."

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Kagome walked down the path through the forest slowly. She had hoped that the others wouldn't ask about her getting married anytime soon. They just didn't understand what she was going through. There weren't any village men that fit her profile of a perfect guy. Her significant other would have to be a youkai to meet her standards.

Kagome sighed and walked over to the Goshinboku. She sat down and leaned back against the bark at the base of the tree trunk. She would come here during the night to relax and think. Right now her thoughts were on protecting the village. She wouldn't be able to protect the village if she had lost her powers. Nor would she if she had some guy in her life. That would only distract her.

Kagome put a hand to her chest and sighed deeply. After the jewel had been completed and purified, the jewel had been absorbed into her body. But instead of going to her side, where it originally was, it went into her heart. It returned to the place in which it came from.

A sudden rustle from behind her caught her attention. She quickly stood up and peered around the side of the trunk, her hand on the katana strapped to her waist. She unsheathed it quietly and masked her scent and aura. She waited for the sound to get closer before she jumped from behind the tree with her katana aimed at the intruder's heart.

Silver-blue eyes clashed with golden amber.

"Gomen. I didn't recognize you." Kagome said as she re-sheathed her sword and bowed. She came back up slowly and wandered back to her spot on the ground in front of the tree.

"What has you so forlorn miko?" His deep voice asked.

"Nothing that concerns you Sesshoumaru."

"Hn." He replied. He walked over in front of her and stood tall looking down upon her small, but curvy figure.

"Is there a reason you are invading my personal bubble?" Kagome asked irately.

"This Sesshoumaru's reasons are his own." He said coldly. Kagome felt her eyes begin to twitch in irritation. She put a hand to her forehead and put her free hand on her knee (she is sitting indian style).

"Fine whatever." Kagome muttered. She moved her hand from her forehead to her cheek and looked to her left. "Don't you have lands to rule and a castle to return to?" Kagome asked. She heard a rustle of silk and looked over at Sesshoumaru. He was sitting with his back against the trunk to the right of her staring out into the forest.

"This Sesshoumaru does so when he pleases."

"Ah. So basically you're being lazy." Kagome said with s small smile.

Sesshoumaru looked at her through the corner of his eye. "Perhaps."

After sitting in silence for about an hour, Kagome leaned back and pulled her knees up towards her chest. She sighed yet again and put her hands in front of her. She closed her eyes and let her energy channel into her fingers. She opened her eyes slowly and pressed her fingers into the dirt. She began to draw a picture and smirked when she heard Sesshoumaru's clothing rustle again.

She looked back at him over her shoulder and smiled. "I'm drawing piano keys in the dirt. See?" She looked down pointedly at the rectangle shapes in the dirt. "I played piano in my time since I was ten. My mother said that I was the best she had heard." Kagome's smile faded slowly. "But I won't live another five hundred years to see her again." Kagome felt tears begin to sting the back of her eyes and she quickly wiped the picture away. "Well I think that I'll be leaving now." She said as she stood up. She was about to walk away when a hand grabbed her small wrist.

Kagome looked down at the magenta striped hand holding her wrist and then to Sesshoumaru. He looked down at his hand at first then up to her.

"You will meet this Sesshoumaru here tomorrow night." He said. Kagome looked at him then cocked her head to the side.

"Why?" She asked.

Sesshoumaru's mind was blank for a minute. Why did he want her to stay? "Why indeed." He let go of her hand and turned his heel, heading west into the forest.

Kagome's mind was going about a hundred miles a minute. He wanted her to meet him here tomorrow night... and he touched her voluntarily. Wait... Does this mean he doesn't hate me?

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Kagome sat under the Goshinboku quietly waiting for her guest to arrive. It had been a month since this started. They would meet in the forest when the moon was directly overhead, and they would sit together in silence. Occasionally they would speak but it was mainly quiet. Kagome felt safer for some reason when she was sitting with him.

And since they never really conversed, there was nothing to feel awkward about. No one said the wrong things, or said something to anger the other. It was a very peaceful, calming silence between them. And they both enjoyed it.

Every night she would take a walk into the forest and ask Kikyou to watch the village until morning. No one from the village, nor her friends suspected a thing. Well, Shippou had suspicions but he knew to keep his mouth shut. Except for earlier this afternoon that is. He had confronted Kagome earlier about where she would go at night.

Kagome was almost positive that he knew who she went to meet as well. He hadn't said anything about wanting to know who his adoptive mother was meeting, but he made it clear that if whoever she was seeing hurt her he would have to have a talk with them. Kagome smiled and put a hand to her chest where her heart resided. It made her feel warm inside that Shippou cared so much.

A sudden hand wrapped around her mouth and pinned her back against a hard chest.

"You should pay closer attention miko." His voice whispered into her ear.

Kagome repressed a shiver that went down her spine. She reached her hand up to the magenta striped hand covering her mouth. She pulled it away from her face and turned her head to face him.

"Do you have to do that?" She asked. He just stared at her for a moment before he sat down next to her against the trunk of the Goshinboku. He pulled his hand away from her grasp and stared out into the forest.

"You still wish to do this?" He asked. Kagome sighed and turned her body to face him.

"Of course. I owe it to you remember?" Kagome asked as she sat up on her knees.

"How can one forget? You remind this Sesshoumaru numerous times." He said in a bored tone.

"Whatever." Kagome muttered. She reached out and grabbed what was left of his left arm and looked him in the eyes. "Ready?" She asked.

"Hn." He replied. Kagome took it as an ok and concentrated her powers into her hands.

Kagome's hands began to glow a dark blue color and Sesshoumaru felt a tingling sensation in his arm. The strange thing was that the feeling of purification power didn't burn him like he thought. Instead it sent a chill down his spine.

Kagome was about to stop when she felt him shiver but she brushed it off and continued at her task. She felt his arm begin to grow slowly and she breathed a sigh of relief. She had hoped that she would be able to restore his arm and was glad that she hadn't turned him to dust with her powers.

After about five minutes, his arm was fully restored down to the magenta stripes on his wrist. I wonder where else those stripes... Ah! Bad Kagome! Bad thoughts!

"Rather impressive for a weak ningen miko." He said quietly. Kagome glared at him and hmphed as she crossed her arms.

"I'm not as weak as I once was you know." She mumbled.

"Indeed."

"You're such a jerk sometimes you know that?" Kagome asked.

"Now this Sesshoumaru does."

Kagome sat back against the trunk of the tree and gave a frustrated sigh. A sudden thought came to her.

"Ano... Where are Jakken and Rin? They normally follow you around like lost puppies." Kagome asked. She turned sideways to face him as she waited for her answer. He narrowed his eyes. "No pun intended of course." She smiled.

"Hn." He quipped. "They are at the palace."

"Sesshoumaru? Do you think maybe I can go and visit Rin sometime?" Kagome asked.

Sesshoumaru turned his head to the side and looked at her for a moment. "If you so desire." He looked back out into the forest with a far away look in his eyes.

Ever since he started meeting the miko at night in the forest he had been thinking about his immortal life. All his life he had been alone. His father was always busy with the palace, the lands and the other lords. The only time he saw his father was for training, and for meals. Then when his father began to see that ningen hime, he had been neglecting his business affairs with the palace and lands, so Sesshoumaru had to step in for his father. And then the one night he found his father, he found out that he was going after his ningen mate. And then his father died in a battle for the ningen and the half breed he calls his younger brother.

After his father's death he had to tell the news to the staff of the palace, inform the other lords of his father's demise and that Sesshoumaru was the new Lord of the West, and he had to secure the western territories. And that was a huge role for a youkai of only a hundred and ten years of existence. And then before he knew it, a hundred and fifty years had past, and he had an imp for retainer and his younger half brother was sealed to an ancient tree by a ningen miko.

Over the course of those one hundred and fifty years, the inuyoukai of Japan had decreased majorly. There was a total of ten inuyoukai left including himself and Inuyasha. And fifty years after that, there were two.

"I would like that very much." Kagome said. She went to stand up but was stopped by a clawed hand. She looked down at Sesshoumaru and saw that he had a lost look upon his features. "Sesshoumaru?"

All his life he had been emotionally detached from everyone. He had become the aristocratic assassin he was today to get rid of those feelings of loneliness for good. But ever since Rin came across him that day, his barrier had begun to crack. And the miko that stood before him had demolished it.

The first time he saw her, he pegged her for the wench his brother was in love with. And for a time it was true, but then Kikyou was brought back and Kagome was brushed aside. Inuyasha had cast Kagome aside for the undead miko. And Kagome had used her wish, the only wish she had, to bring back the woman that stood in her way of Inuyasha's affections.

After Sesshoumaru thought about how Kagome looked, a thought struck him. She reminded him of his mother. He looked up when a small hand waved in front of his face. "Sesshoumaru? Daijoubu desu ka?" He blinked once. Then twice.

"Hai." He said as he stared into her eyes.

"If you say so." She shrugged.

Sesshoumaru looked away as she shrugged. His mind was wandering into places that it should be. Wandering in that direction would only lead him to long nights of loneliness in about fifty years. He could only have her for a short amount of time.

But...

"Kagome?"

Kagome turned to him. "Hai?"

He didn't know why he used her name. He didn't know why he called her name. It was as if he couldn't control his body. ~You know you want her. Of all the times for his inner youkai to wake up. You want her. And you know she'll accept you. ~Sesshoumaru blinked. 'It does not matter. She is ningen.' But he did want her. He didn't care if she was ningen. It was the other youkai that would care. And he was all about appearance.

"Sesshoumaru?"

Her voice broke through his trance and he looked at her with foggy golden eyes. In that one moment, he didn't care what others would say. He wanted her. And he would have her.

Even if it was only for a little while.

And with that thought in mind, he leaned towards her and brought his hand up to cup her cheek. His eyes roamed her pale face. He hastily closed the distance between them, pressing his lips to hers.