InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Back to Start ❯ Rain Drops Keep Fallin' On My Head ( Chapter 11 )

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha and I in no way gain any profit from writing this story. Inuyasha and co. belong to Rumiko Takahashi. Nor do I own the songs `Katakoto no Koi' or `Koi wa A La Mode'. I OWN NOTHING!!!!

 

 

Raindrops Keep Fallin' On my Head~**~**

 

Grey and rainy… As soon as Kagome woke up she heard the soft pitter pattering of the storm. Inuyasha woke with a large smile as he hopped over to Kagome. He tugged on her shirt, whispering, “The day has wings.” With a smile.

 

“What do you mean?” She asked, perplexed at his logic

 

He rolled his eyes, “It's obvious! Close your eyes and listen.” She did as she was told and laughed in surprise. The rain outside truly did sound like the soft rushing of wings.

 

“I get it.” She smiled, and watched him as he sat on her desk, swaying slightly with his eyes closed, listening to the rhythm of the rain. `He's more in tune with nature than any of us…' She noted whimsically.

 

“You like rainy days?” she inquired. “The way I know you, you hated them.” He looked back at her and smiled.

 

“I musta been lying then, or just havin' a bad day, cause I love the rain. Me and Mamma use to sit by the lake and watch the rain fall. Mamma said it was `cause the gods were crying for sadness and joy.”

 

Kagome loved how innocent he was like this. An innocence that she sometimes saw in the older version of him, however much of it had been stripped away, like bark on a tree from many hard winters. Only a few scraps remained.

 

Kagome looked out the window. There would be no feudal era today with the weather. She didn't dare venture out in to the rain. But that didn't stop him. Before she could say `Wait!' Inuyasha had jumped out her window and landed safely on the ground below, Holding out his arms, catching the rain on him and giggling foolishly. “Inuyasha!” She called down to him urgently, “Get back up here now! You're gonna get sick!” Inuyasha looked up to her, and signaled with one hand for her to come down.

 

“C'mon!!! The rain feels great!” He guaranteed her. “You're crazy!” She yelled back to him, but he ignored her. Kagome let out a frustrated sigh and ran down stairs.

 

“Where's Inu-oniichan?” Asked Souta with a raspy voice, looking all around. She pointed to the door where she was heading. She guessed her brother must have a sore throat. “Currently, in the rain catching his death.”

 

She slid open the door and found her little Inu-chan, splashing in puddles, laughing as the wet, muddy water stained the bottom half of his hakama (I'm not sure if they are hakama, does anyone know what they're really called. Hakama are the pants Kaede and Kikyo wear, skirts divided into pants.)

 

Kagome ran to him, grabbing him by the hand. “Inuyasha, we need to get out of the rain and you out of these wet clothes.” She commanded.

 

“Aww, `Gome, don't you like the rain? The world is cleansing itself. Your time does finally not smell all nasty and dirty! ” He pleaded, but Kagome held on to his hand, leading him into the house. Her mother met her with a towel and wrapped it around the soaked hanyou.

 

“What were you thinking?” Hikaru asked in a cheerful, but confused tone.

 

“Playin'” He explained simply. Kagome's mother shook her head in slight disbelief.

 

“Well, we can have plenty fun indoors. Now let's get you cleaned up, muddy boy.” He loyally followed her into the bath she was surprised when he jumped right into the tub after disrobing.

 

“You like taking baths?” She asked gently. He splashed and giggled. “Yeah! I don't like being dirty too long. It makes me smell weird.” Kagome's mother laughed as he put his head under the faucet, careful to keep his ears closed lest he get water stuck in his precious ears.

 

He submitted happily to her ministrations as she cleaned his hair gently. She tried to hold back peals of laughter as she heard him almost purr as she cleaned his silvery hair.

 

“Did your mother use to bathe with you?” The little hybrid nodded as she poured water on his head. He then climbed out and shook off, causing Hikaru to call out in surprise. She wrapped him in a towel and hurried off to get clothes from Souta's closet.

 

She came back and got him dressed quickly in a pair of camouflage cargos and a loose tan shirt. He literally hopped down from the stair ledge; almost giving Mrs. Higurashi a heart attack and wondered how many times his mother had been scared by his recklessness. She curiously sniffed her hands… `Wet dog…' she thought and shook her head letting out a small laugh.

 

Inuyasha came down to find Kagome hooking up something weird to the box with moving pictures and half bald guys with good advice and cheating mates. “Whatcha doin'?” He asked, arms behind his head and one leg crossed in front of the other, typical conceited pose.

 

“Hooking up a karaoke machine. We always do karaoke on rainy days.” She smiled, “Tradition.” She never took her eyes off the odd ropes she was hooking to the box. After ten minutes Inuyasha sighed in ennui. “I'm booooored!!” the demanding hanyou protested.

 

“I'm almost done…” she answered, and after hooking in one last cord, said “Done!” And smiled to him.

 

“What is it?” He inquired.

 

“A karaoke machine, you sing to songs you know.” She grinned.

 

“I dunno how to sing…” He whined. “Don't worry, we'll teach ya!” She vowed.

 

“Okay…” He answered lackadaisically.

 

Kagome's mother, Grandfather, and brother came into the living room smiling. It had been a long time since they had gotten to do karaoke together.

 

“Who's first?” Kagome smiled. Her mother raised her hand and went over to put in a CD. “We all sing one song each, or a duet.”

 

A happy tune played out instantly.

 

 

Kyou mo dare ka to dare ka ga koi ni ochite yuku

Sekai no doko ka de

Futatsu no sen ga karamatte wa hodokete yuku

Musubarenai mama

 

Hikaru's voice was soft and sweet, though a little pitchy for Inuyasha. Kagome meanwhile was blushing at the song she was singing.

 

 

Katakoto no koi dakedo

Kotoba mo tsutanai kedo

Hora soyokaze ga sugite kami ga yurete iru

Jikan ga furuete futari yurete iru

Soshite dare ka to dare ka ga koi ni ochiteku

eien o shinjite

 

Inuyasha had never heard music like this before. It was light and happy and made him smile. She was winking at Kagome with a smile,

 

 

Kyou mo dare ka to dare ka ga ashita o mitsumeru

obieta egao de

Katakoto no koi wa suteki

 

Kagome thought about the many ways she was going to get back at her mother for singing this song. She seriously hoped Inuyasha didn't remember this when he `recovered.'

 

Kotoba mo tsutanai kara

Hora nani ka o kanjite nani ka o wasureta

Nani ka o mitsukete nani ka o nakushita

Soshite dare ka to dare ka ga koi ni ochiteku

Eien o shinjite

 

Slight clapping went through the house as she sat back down. Kagome looked at her brother, but he pointed to his throat, he was sick. Kagome sighed and got up, getting Inuyasha by the hand and taking him up front.

 

“All you do is read the screen and sing what it says to the music. This song is fast, so be careful on your speed.” She warned and explained. He nodded and gulped in anxiety. The song was Very fast as she had warned.

 

A large smile graced Kagome's features as she slightly hopped to the beat.

 

ICHIGO o tabeyou

(PAFE ni KEEKI ni daifuku minna tabetara koufuku)

iro iro FURUUTSU

(KIWI SWIITHI PIITHI kudamono daisuki da mono)

Tsumetai AISUKURIIMU

(Reizouko ni irete katame-ru saigo ni SOOSU o karame-ru)

Dore mo minna suki.

(Yujuufudan na seikaku demo KAWAII watashi wa goukaku!)

 

Inuyasha had been silent, not being able to keep up, but Kagome was going strong.

 

Amaku torokeru yo na aji dake ja

Nani ka tarinai kara~

(Daisuki na MONO o TOPPINGU nakereba omise de SHOPPINGU)

A RA MOODO da ne. (Ara, do-mo)

 

Inuyasha started to catch up, and gave up trying to sing the fast parts.

 

KARIKARI hagotae hoshii shi

Amasuppai no mo sosorareru~~WA!

DEZAATO dake WA BETSUBARA

Donyoku ni yukou!

TOKIMEKI (DOKIDOKI) DOKIDOKI

Ironna koto ga shitai.

 

At the doki doki, Kagome put two hands over her heart as if it was beating. Inuyasha was finally keeping up and all of the others smiled at his efforts to copy her.

 

 

KARIKARI hagotae hoshii shi

Amasuppai no mo sosorareru~~WA!

DEZAATO dake wa BETSUBARA

Donyoku ni yukou!

TOKIMEKI (DOKIDOKI) DOKIDOKI

Ironna koto ga shitai.

 

Inuyasha was doing great, though his singing had lots of room for improvement, he was having fun singing about desserts

 

KARIKARI hagotae hoshii shi

Amasuppai no mo sosorareru~~WA!

Abunai no mo sutegatai tobidashichaou!

TOKIMEKI (DOKIDOKI) DOKIDOKI

Ironna koto ga shitai

 

Kagome had stopped singing in the last stanza, letting him sing by himself. Little Inu-Chan's voice was a bit gravely as he tried to keep in range. He didn't notice until it was over and Kagome was sitting down across from him. He blushed slightly but only slightly.

 

By the time they were done, the rain had stopped. They smiled and Inuyasha hurried outside, pointing to the heavens. “Look Kagome! Look! A Rainbow!!” Kagome looked out to see a huge rainbow out above the sacred tree.

 

“It's beautiful…” she gushed as she put her hands over her heart, in complete awe and closed her eyes tight, making a wish. She knew people wished on stars, why not rainbows too?

 

Tomorrow would be good to go back.

 

 

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(I know I took 3 stanzas out of Koi Wa A La Mode. I don't know what those ones mean, I couldn't find their translations. You can find the translation of Katakoto No Koi on animelyrics (dot) com. The translation for Koi Wa A La Mode that I found goes as followed.

 

Let's eat some strawberries

(With parfait cakes and rice cakes you'll be happy if you eat them all)

Or a bunch of other fruits

(Kiwis, sweeties, peaches, I'll eat all the fruits)

Or cold Ice cream

(Put it in the freezer to harden, top it with sauce later)

I like all these things

(I'm a little frivolous, but it's okay cause I'm cute)

 

Just being very sweet would leave something to be desired

(Put on your favorite topping, if you don't have it you can go shopping!)

It's an a la mode!

(Oh, thanks!)

 

I want something crunchy,

I want something sweet and sour,

I'm always hungry for dessert.

Let's eat as much as we want.

I want to try everything!

 

I want something crunchy,

I want something sweet and sour,

I'm always hungry for dessert.

Let's eat as much as we want.

I want to try everything!

 

I want something crunchy,

I want something sweet and sour,

I'm always hungry for dessert.

Let's eat as much as we want.

I want to experience all kinds of love!

 

A/N: That's what I found. It could be wrong. I love that song; it made me hungry to type the translation. ^_^ ha-ha. Perfect song for a woman on her period. *Giggle* Now for those of you too lazy to look up Katakoto no Koi, it tells about two people suddenly falling in love, almost without noticing it. He he! Also, for those of you reading 'Yozora' and going, Huh? I wrote this chapter long before the first chapters of 'Yozora' and before I knew what I know now. I loved the way this chapter was and didn't want to change it. Please review! Just click the pretty lavender button!