More than Life It Self

By: Suaru

Chapter 1

The Red Flower

Disclaimer: I don't own nothing, not Inuyasha, not the songs, nothing! Life sucks!

The sun's golden raise shown brilliantly that day. It seemed to smile down on the group of young travelers. Everything was so calm and peaceful…

"INUYASHA!"

Oh well. Spoke too soon.

"NO! You can't go home now!" Inuyasha stomped over to where Kagome was standing. "What about the Jewel Shards? You can't just leave. We haven't found any of the Jewel for a long time. We need to go looking for more! And we can't do that if you keep going back to that stupid era of yours!"

"Well I'm sorry Inuyasha, but I already said I would be in the show. A lot of people already bailed, and I can't let all those people who are counting on me down." Kagome said this as calmly as possible, fighting the urge to 'sit' the angry hanyou until his back broke.

"Inuyasha just let her go!" Miroku and Sango walked over to where they were arguing. Both with annoyed expressions of their faces.

"You know she's just gonna where you down or "sit" you." Sango said mildly, crossing her arms over her chest.

Inuyasha sighed in frustration, "Fine! Kagome, you got three days. If you're not back by then, I'll come and drag you ass back here!"

Kagome sighed. "Fine, fine, fine…I'll be back in three days…" Kneeling down she gave Shippo a hug and a pat on the head. She then slapped Miroku's hand and waved good-bye to her friends. With one last look she hopped down the old well.

Inuyasha

'So she has left again.' Inuyasha sighed. 'Every time she leaves I feel so alone. Why? Why do I feel this way? Do I love her? No that can't be it I love Kikyo, right?' Inuyasha shook his head to get rid of his thoughts.

The hanyou sighed and closed his eyes. 'I feel kinds bad about being so mean to her. I mean at least she has a family; I should let her see them…sometimes. When I feel like it that is…' He sighed again. 'Who am I trying to kid?' A small breeze swept by and with it brought a very familiar scent to his nose. "What the hell do you want monk?"

"Oh nothing…. Just wondering what you were thinking about…." Miroku grinned as the hanyou' s face turn a bright red.

"None of you damn business."

"Oh just go see her show thing! You know you want to!" Kami this guy was stubborn! Everyone knew that he had some feelings for Kagome, but would he say anything? No. 'And he won't say anything unless we controlled his mind or something… And even then it would have to be REALLY powerful mind control…'

"What makes you think I care? Huh?" Inuyasha jumped out of the tree, landing right in front of the monk.

Miroku just gave him one of those looks that says, "What the hell do you think I'm taking, stupid pills?"

"Shut up monk!"

Miroku sighed in frustration. He looked at the ground around them, trying to come up with something else. A sparkle on the ground caught his eye. 'A jewel shard. Kagome must have dropped it…' That gave the houshi an idea. "Inuyasha, Lady Kagome forgot this." He handed the shard to the hanyou. "You must return it to her! And since you'll be over there you might as well go to her show…."

Inuyasha growled at the annoying person in front of him, "Fine!" Inuyasha snatched the shard from the monk and started to leave when something grabbed his shoulder. "WHAT?"

"Well if you're going to her show you should bring a token for her…" Inuyasha gave Miroku a death glare and looked around. He spied a nice looking red flower and walked over to it. Picking it he rounded on the monk. "Happy?"

Miroku gave him a smile and a nod. "Yes that'll do just find." He didn't have time to say anything else because Inuyasha had already took off toward the well. "Maybe this time you won't piss Kagome off…"

Kagome

'I wish I'd asked Inuyasha to come to the show.' Sigh. 'I feel bad about leaving. Inuyasha seemed to be sad, like he'd ever admit that. And I know Shippo was upset.' Sigh, again. 'Oh…well. I'll be back in three days, hopefully they won't miss me too much.'

"Kagome, you're up!"

"O.K." Kagome ran on stage to sing her songs one last time before the show that night…

Inuyasha

Inuyasha jumped out of the well and made his way over to Kagome's house. He rolled his hand into a fist and knocked on the door four times. From inside he heard Kagome's mom call, "Just a minute!" Inuyasha waited on the doorstep, finally the door opened.

"Oh. Hello Inuyasha! Are you coming to Kagome's show?"

"Ummm…I don't know…"

"You should come, Inuyasha. We have an extra ticket, you can have it." Kagome's mom smiled at him.

"Sure, I'll come."

"Wonderful! We were just about to eat dinner, would you like to join us?

"O.K…Is Kagome here?"

"No, she's at rehearsal. You'll get to see her after the show." Inuyasha gave her a small nod and followed the woman to the kitchen. There the hanyou was greeted by Sota, a very excited Sota plus glares and mutters about demons from a not so happy looking old man. 'Oh God…'

Later at the show

"Inuyasha, Kagome's on." Sota whispered.

Kagome walked onto the stage, she had a beautiful black dress on that fell just above the knee. Her hair was held up with clips leaving a few strands out to frame her face. The music began, the sounds of the piano fill the room. It was a slow sad song. Kagome took a deep breath and started to sing…

On my own…

'Her voice is so beautiful.' Inuyasha stared at her in amazement.

Pretending he's beside me

All alone I walk with him 'til morning

With out him I fell his arms around me

And when I loose my way I close my eyes and he has found me

Inuyasha found himself getting lost in the music and Kagome's beautiful voice. The notes from the piano drifted in and out of his ears. The girl's voice hit all the right keys and her voice flowed with the musical.

In the rain, the pavement shines like silver

All the lights are misty in the river

In the darkness he trees are full of starlight

And all I see is him and me forever and forever

The tune changed and Kagome's voice went lower. Inuyasha's ears picked up her breaths; his golden eyes watched her intently as she made small gestures with her delicate hands.

And I know, it's only in my mind

That I'm talking to myself and not to him

And although I know that he is blind

Still I say, there's a way for us

I love him, but when the night is over

He is gone, the river's just a river

Without his the world around me changes

The trees are bare and everywhere the streets

Are full of strangers

I love him, but everyday I'm learning

All my life, I've only been pretending

Her perfect soprano rang through the room as she sang. It seemed to almost eco, the ring of the angels singing in the heavens. And one certain hanyou, dressed is nice jeans and a button down shirt; his hair pulled back in a long braid that Mrs. Higurashi had forcefully convinced his to let her do, felt as if he were up there with them. Inuyasha had never let himself get so lost before. He had always been on alert, but listening her Kagome sing brought him to a peaceful place where nothing could go wrong…

Without me his world will go one turning

A world that's full of happiness that I have never known

The music slowed and Kagome closed her eyes as she brought her hands over her heart. Her voice was soft but you could still hear it throughout the room.

I love him…I love him…I love him, but only on my own.

The music slowed and came to a stop. Applause then took its place. Many were standing up Inuyasha and Kagome's family being among them. The girl on stage gave the crowd a bow, a smile and another bow before she walked off the stage. Another girl took her place and began to sing. Inuyasha couldn't help but think, 'Nothing compared to Kagome…'

After the show

Inuyasha clutched the red flower in his hand as he walked over to Kagome.

"Hi Inuyasha! I didn't know you were coming." Kagome smiled at him. "I'm glad you came. Did you like the show?"

"Yea! You did a great job with your song! It was beautiful…" Inuyasha smirked a little when he saw a slight pink touch Kagome's cheeks.

"Thanks Inuyasha, but I don't think it was that good. I was off a little on some of the low notes…"

The hanyou shook his head at the girl and gave her a look that said, "You're crazy." "Here Kagome." He handed her the flower he found earlier. "This is for you…"

"Oh Inuyasha! It's so pretty!" She tucked the flower behind her ears and smiled at him. "I love it! Thank-you!" She stood on her toes giving him a small kiss on the cheek and giggled when his face turned a bright red.

Suddenly the lights went out. Inuyasha could hear people getting excited and someone even screamed. "Kagome?" He called out. "Are you ok?" There was no answer. "Kagome?" He took a sniff. 'She's not there!' And just as suddenly as they went off the lights came back on. Inuyasha looked around for any sight of the raven-haired girl, but there was none. His eyes caught a flash a red and he looked down. 'The flower…' the inu-hanyou quickly picked it up and what he saw infuriated him. For on the flower was blood…Kagome's blood….

Author's Note: So…what did you think? And please be gentle with your criticism, this is my first fan fic. Please RR. Hope you enjoyed the first chappie, I'll try to get the next one up a.s.a.p. But I'm going to Arizona and on the 27th and I don't know if I'll be able to finish the chapter by then…sorry.

P.S. RR!

New Author's Note: Ok I have fixed this chappie! YAY! I must say I like it much better than before! So yea… Hope you liked it as much as I do! I'll fix the other chappies soon!

Suaru