Moonlight Lullaby

月光の子守唄

Scroll One: Moonlight Talk

It had been a long journey. A very long journey indeed, four years of hard work...four years since everyone had been searching. One by one, destroying Naraku. One by one, finding shards. And one by one, splitting up. Slowly before all this, everyone gained a piece and sense of: pride, dignity, loyalty, love, and...hurt. These were emotions daily for the six that had begun this awful dreaded journey.

Kagome was now nineteen, starting the journey when she was fifteen. She sat still, in the nightly lit sky full of stars that covered above her. The cliff that she sat on seemed almost as sad and desperate as she was. The wind blew in the breeze, brushing past her bitterly. She continued to stare out at the view which was presented infront of her. Her thoughts seeping onto her face. Ever since the beginning of this journey, all she did was rely on others to keep her from being safe.

"How was I to be able to get any stronger if I kept getting in their way?" Kagome whispered bitterly to herself. Knowing you are a burden is one of the hardest things to accept. Kagome didn't feel tears rise up like she usually should, maybe because she had wasted enough on the hanyou who was sleeping back in camp, or so she thought. Kagome's gaze never left the empty stars. The empty stars that completed the dark-filled sky.

Kagome's hair brushed around her and a shiver went down her spine, it was then did she realize there was another presence around her. Kagome didn't bother to look at that person, knowing full well who it was. She smiled sadly and kept her gaze still on the nightly horizon.

"Kagome..." Shippou's timid, yet muscular voice was heard. He now was twelve years old, since the beginning of their long quest, he was only eight. To him, Kagome was the mother-being of his life. She took care of him, fed him, gave him a sense of contentment, want, and need. She loved him as though he were her own child. He didn't know how to thank her enough, so all he did was stick by her side and gave her his full support. He knew he couldn't stop his adopted mother's hurt and sorrow, but the least he could do was keep her company, give her a shoulder to cry on...just to never be alone was good enough.

As Kagome heard Shippou's voice, she glanced at him. Reassuring him that she was okay. She was very grateful to Shippou...he was the one to comfort her since he started understanding the situation more and more between her, InuYasha and Kikyo. Shippou walked to sit down beside Kagome. Yes, he grew,in fact, he was getting up to Kagome's shoulders. He grew in a very fast amount of time.

"What're ya doing out here Kagome?" Shippou asked, worried about his adopted mother's safety. Kagome patted his head and smiled towards him.

"I should be asking you that question." Kagome responded. This annoyed Shippou, not the fact that Kagome was treating him like an ignorant child, but because Kagome was hiding her emotions to him. He knew Kagome long enough to know when she had something troubling her.

"Stop acting as if I don't know, Kagome?!" Shippou shouted at her. Kagome retracted her hand and stared at Shippou with disbelief. "I know why you are sad?! I don't need you to hide it from me anymore! I know that InuYasha hurted you last night because he went to Kikyo again! I saw your tears, I smelt your scent! Stop acting so distant from me Kagome! I want to help! I want to get rid of this pain...I want you to be happy, Kagome..." Shippou looked down as he ended his last few words quietly, knowing that he bursted unintentionally. Kagome regained her composer and smiled sadly. She then grabbed Shippou's face to make him look at her directly in the eyes, only to be surprise that his tears were running down furiously. With that, she hugged him close to her, unable to bear how he is crying for her.

"...Shippou-"

"...Kagome. Please, tell me what I can do? Please, stop hurting anymore, mama! It hurts me to see you so sad..." Shippou's childish voice was heard. He sounded like a baby that was being tormented. Kagome couldn't stand this...she didn't really think about how Shippou would feel. She tried her best to keep Shippou happy, but in the end, he still saw right through her. Kagome started feeling tears sprinkle at the ends of her eyes. How could it be that she still had tears left to mourn?

"...I can't tell you what to do, Shippou. I can't even tell myself what to do? What do you want me to say? This is my destiny...to mourn for the love that I cannot receive. This is why you must not get in my way, because it's my destiny, not yours..." Kagome whispered sweetly, trying to console the youngster in her arms. Shippou started crying furiously, showering Kagome's kimono styled top with tears.

"I can't! I just want mama to be happy!" Shippou stated furiously as Kagome patted his head. "Please...Kagome, let us just leave here...let us begone! We can find the shards on our own right?! We don't need InuYasha! Sango and Miroku already left! Why can't we?!" Shippou asked Kagome, looking up at her face. Kagome stared down into Shippou's emerald eyes.

"That's not possible as of now. I had promised InuYasha that I'd stay with him no matter what. InuYasha would be lonely and we can't let that happen to him...he's been through it before, it wouldn't be right to leave him." Kagome said staring at the stars.

"Moonlight, why do you shine?

Is your rays trying to show us the path?

Are you trying to guide us?

Or are you watching over the world?"

Kagome sanged her lullaby to Shippou. He lied his head on Kagome lap, staring up at the moon. Inspecting the rays that shined off the ball of light in the sky. Kagome played with strands of orange fired hair from Shippou.

"Is the stars that float beside you your friends?

Or are you lonely as me?

Your light is all that I see...

...Keeping me warm."

Shippou started to feel bags on his eyes as he heard his adopted mother's sweet and smooth voice. Every time he needed to sleep, she would sing him the moonlight lullaby. It was because they were always under the moon when she cried and it was always Shippou who'd ask her to sing it. She was use to it as well, she loved singing her adopted son to sleep.

"When I stare up at you...

...All I see, is your moonlight.

Shining down on me...

Are you lonely as me?"

As she sanged, she stared up at the moon, seeing how it was so covered in stars, but was the moon as lonely as her? Was she the only one who could feel the loneliness embed in the soul of the moon? Was the light that penetrated around the moon just a barrier to keep itself from the stars hurting it? These were unanswered questions that would never be answered.

"Moonlight, am I going to keep asking you questions?

Or will you answer me one night?

Please tell me, are you trying to guide us with your light?

...Or are you as lonely as me?"

After Kagome finished, she glanced down at Shippou to find the little growing boy, asleep in her lap. She smiled sadly down to him and stared up at the moon. How could it be that this little youngster, knew so much about her, when she didn't tell him anything? Kagome's tears began to race down her cheeks, biting her skin bitterly. She flinched a bit as the wind blew past her. It was clear, her emotions were evidently plastered on her face...and she didn't know how to contain them just in her heart...would she be able to leave this era happily? Or will she leave with the sadness covered inside her?

She took out the bottle that contained the remaining shards. Staring at it intensely, she noticed there was four shards. These four shards were left, all that there was needed, was to defeat Naraku and obtain the remains of the pink jewel. This was the start of why everyone was where they were now...

InuYasha looked around camp to find no one there, his fears was getting the best of him as he looked around more frantically. Was he alone? No, she promised to never leave him. He ran to where he could smell her scent, to where she was with Shippou, to where he felt comfort. As he approached the cliff side. He saw Kagome staring up at the stars with Shippou on her lap. Her face looked of discontent and she seem too in deep thought to notice him there. He walked up and sat besides her, she turned over to look at him with surprise.

"Wench, what're you guys doin' out here?" Kagome only looked down at Shippou than back up to the stars.

"...I wanted some place to be alone, Shippou just followed me out here." Kagome smiled, playing with Shippou's hair again. InuYasha growled ruthlessly as he got up and started to walk away.

"Why do you always need time alone?" InuYasha asked as he stood, not daring to look at Kagome's figure. Not daring to see the sadness that was shown through her aura.

"..." Kagome didn't answer him as she turned to see a demon run up to her and Shippou. InuYasha was so distracted in deep thought that he didn't even realize a demon was near. By the time he got to turn and called out for Kagome to be careful, he saw...in slow motion as Kagome, Shippou, and the Demon jumped off the cliff. Her hand trying to reach out to him and the other, holding onto Shippou.

"...Ka...go..me!" InuYasha shouted as he tried to reach out to her. But unfortunately, he wasn't fast enough. The only thought he could think of was to jump down after her, suddenly Kikyo's soul stealers blocked InuYasha's way. "What the hell are you doing Kikyo! Get out of my way!" Kikyo smirked a bit.

"Do not panick. My reincarnation will be fine. That furball that was with her, he should be able to save them both." Kikyo stated monotoneously. InuYasha growled but was blocked from view to see if they really were.

"I don't care! I got to go save Kagome! She needs my help!" InuYasha was about ready to slice the soul stealers.

"...And I don't need your help? Do you choose her over me?" Kikyo asked, a bit hurt but not evidently visible in her face. InuYasha stopped what he was doing, he couldn't think. What could he do? Right now, Kagome was probably falling fast into the river below and she needed him...but he needs her and Kikyo. He didn't know. InuYasha turned to see if Kagome was all right when suddenly Shippou was floating above him. He looked up to find Kagome's limb body on top of Shippou's new flying form.

"Shippou-" InuYasha was interrupted.

"No, InuYasha. I'm not letting Kagome go. She's gone through too much of you and your Kikyo bull. I won't let my mama be in this sort of danger from you anymore. You let her fall as she held onto me tightly. Your decision has been made, you pick Kikyo." With that said, Shippou flew to afar, at a very fast pace. InuYasha stared with disbelief. Why did Shippou say that?

"Shippou! Get back here!" InuYasha only heard his echoes. He turned to look at Kikyo and she just stood there, not moving a muscle in her body. "H-how could you do that?! You gave me no choice?! This wouldn't have happen...?!" Kikyo stood, only watching InuYasha's trembling form.

"If you fear of being alone, you need not worry. I will accompany you throughout the rest of the way. I do know where Naraku's castle should be and I will help you regain the remaining jewel pieces." Kikyo stated, InuYasha looked at Kikyo with wide-eyes. All that flashed through his mind was Kagome's smiling face, her soft voice, everything about her. It wouldn't be the same...but it was true, he didn't want to be alone. So he accepted, no matter how much his heart was pulsing, he did.

'Kagome, stay safe...I know Shippou will protect you with his life, but I just can't stand it...knowing you are so far from my reach now.'

InuYasha thought about how last night he went to Kikyo, feeling nothing but joy surround him as he in Kikyo's arms. Now, that he finally had Kikyo beside him, why did he suddenly feel so empty?

So this is the remake of "To have destiny changed." I told you I would remake it and I'm very sorry for taking so long. Forgive me? I'm trying to make this a LOT better than the first version. I hope you all like because I'm liking it alot so far. That lullaby that I wrote, is a song that I'm trying to create! It's sound good right now, but I can't put it onto the computer yet. If I do, I'll post the imeem link up alrighty? Well I hope you like it as far as it's coming right now! I'm adding new parts to it as well, so yay! Please R&R! Arigatou Gozaimashita!

-Misstress Hanako