8. Betelgeuse, Beetlejuice: PiratekitAG (1/2)
a/n(from piratekitag): when i saw the request for this pairing, i could not help but take this challenge. it was interesting to write, that was for sure. i hope you all enjoy it, thanks for reading!!
crossover between: inuyasha and beetlejuice.
pairing: betelgeuse/kagome.
summary: kagome had experienced a lot of weird things in her short twenty years of life. however, if she thought she knew weird before, she was proven wrong when she had met him for the first time. it seemed that her 'ability' to attract the weird ones would never change, even after death.
* * *kagome sighed softly as she combed her fingers through her thick hair and she looked around the dimly lit room she was currently in. humming lightly, she turned her attention to the mirror in front of her, and her lips turned downward into a frown as she gazed at her reflection. her once tan skin was now sickly pale in color, the skin underneath her eyes had darkened immensely giving it a dark purple color , making it look as though she had just gotten into a major fight and her eyes were now
uised. her eyes that had once shined with life were now faded. making the once gray-blue eyes many used to be so fond of, a flat gray tone of color.
she sighed softly, she supposed that it made sense that anyone that was no longer among the living would lose all or most signs of life. yes, she was dead and she had been for the past six hundred years. she still remembered the day she had died, like it had only happened the previous day. she had died when she was only twenty years old, however it was not from the final battle with the evil hanyou naraku that had killed her, like she had always thought it would. however, she did die in a time that she wasn't born into, by a simple illness that if she had been into her born time, would have been cured by the advance medical equipment of that time.
but sadly, she had not been in her time when she had gotten sick, and she had no way of going back to her time to get the treatment that would make her better. so she could only live each day to its fullest, and spend time with the ones she loved, as she ignored the pain of the disease she had as it ate away at her insides. she could only watch as her loved ones looked at her with pain in their eyes. and she could only silently pray at night that when she finally passed on, they would be able to move on quickly, and that the pain they felt for her would fade quickly too. but while she was on her death bed, she never feared it. she had often been scared of a lot when she was younger; heights, math and after dealing with naraku, spiders. she had never given death a thought, until she knew it was quickly approaching.
her thoughts always went quickly. she always mentally asked herself: does death hurt? what happens after we die? where do we go? as her body got weaker, she never got an answer to that question. from living in a futuristic time, she knew more beliefs of what came after death, then what those in this era knew about. there were many ideas. a few were; when one died they were sent to either heaven or hell. or that they would go to another universe waiting to be reincarnated, or that their life energy will go back to the nature it had come from.
however, whatever she thought would happen after she passed on, she never thought it would turn out the way it had. after she had died, she had awoken in the hut that she had been resting in. but she had noticed some things that had changed. the main one being, the pain she had gotten use to over the years that she had been ill, was gone. when she rose to her feet, she found it surprising that she had enough strength to stand. she had felt so excited, thinking maybe she had been magically gotten better. that she quickly made her way outside the hut, to find the others and tell them the good news.
however, after leaving the hut. she noticed her friends not to far away, talking quietly amongst themselves. they all looked so sad, and she hadn't a clue why. she found out why however, when she got closer to them. they had been talking about her, and how she was now gone, no longer among the living. inuyasha kept asking why, why she had left before him, and why he had let her stay after the battle with naraku. kagome had wanted so bad to hug him tightly and let him know she was there. but she couldn't, they couldn't hear her nor could they feel her touch, so she silently watched as they continued to console one another and then she watched as each of her loved ones retired for the night. leaving her alone to stand in the empty streets of inuyasha's village.
she slowly went back towards the hut as her mind grasped this new information. she was dead, yet she didn't feel dead. she felt like she normally had, the only difference she could feel now was the cold air that seemed to follow her around. the only question she had was 'why am i still here'. when she went back to her room, she found that she wasn't like the ghosts or spirits if you will, that she had heard stories about. she wasn't transparent, she felt solid, she could move objects to the side and also pick the objects up. on the mat she had once been sleeping on, she found a book titled ' handbook for the recently deceased' as she read the book over, from front to back. she learned many things about being dead. one of which was, she would stay in the place close to her heart, for over one hundred years. it didn't list why she would stay, just that she would.
over the years of battling with naraku and collecting the jewel shards. kagome had learned that, life was unexpected. most often, it was best if one just went with what life threw at them and hope for the best. so that is what she did. she went with the flow of what came after life, and hoped that in the end everything would work out. as she stayed in the village, she learned her boundaries. from the well, to the end of inuyasha's village were where she could roam to. if she went any further, she would get taken to a deserted land that had giant sand worms . she had also learned that, no living thing could see her. not humans, demons nor regular animals. though it had taken some getting use to, she had come to terms with her new situation. and she did the only thing she could do, watch.
she watched as her friends grieved for her death, she watched as sango and miroku got married. she watched as their family grew, and as sango taught her children the art of demon slaying. she watched as shippo grew from a young boy into a strong adult kitsune. she watched as slowly, inuyasha began to open his heart to another woman. she watched as they got closer, and she watched as inuyasha finally moved past her death and mated another hanyou. she watched as inuyasha lived his life without her, and she watched as the world kept moving forward even though she was frozen in time. she never aged, it made sense, for a dead person had no reason to age. when her friends and their family began to become deceased, kagome was some what excited thinking she may be reunited with her friends. however, that was not that case, when they passed on, their spirit did not linger around as hers had.
it was then kagome felt an emotion she had not for a long time. loneliness. she felt alone as she watched her loved one's pass on, and as she watched their families grow with time. it all passed by in a blur, but at the same time, it seemed to drag on forever. she had lost count of time, but after years and years of watching her friend's names become just part of history. she realized that the determined days of one hundred years had already past. deciding to take a step past her invisible boundaries she was surprised to find that she could move around freely. coming up with the idea that she may be able to find another being like her past the boundaries, she left the area with silent wishes that her loved one's descendants would continue to grow and live through time.
* * *kagome sighed once more, as she looked away from her reflection and towards her hands. her gaze was
ought to the jeweled ring that rested on the third finger of her left hand. a wedding ring she thought, with a snort of amusement. most women always had it be one of their life dream to get married. however, for herself, it had not been her 'life' dream, for she had just been dating inuyasha when she had passed away and did not have the pleasure of getting married to him. however it had happened in her death, instead of her life.
she smiled softly as she continued to gaze at the ring, it was a simple design with a simple jewel. this ring however, had not left her finger for the past two hundred years. for after he had given it to her on their 'wedding' day, she didn't want nor need to take it off. for it bound her to him, until life, as he would say. thinking about him always
ought a smile to her face, though when she first met him it had been a frown that was always on her lips when around him. for he had first come to her in a whirlwind of annoyance.
chuckling softly, kagome thought back to the first time she met him, and the events that followed afterwords.
* * *flashback* * *
kagome sighed softly as she continued down the darkened street un-noticed by those who walked around her. it was easy to get use to her loved ones not being able to see her, but even after being not seen by those who are among the living, she found it harder to not be seen by strangers. looking at those around her, she frowned as she took note of the time change. she had been traveling now for almost a hundred years. she was unaffected by the wars that were taking place, the diseases that were spreading among the living didn't affect her either. however, she was still among the experience of when it happened. she still felt the tremors of the bombs, she still heard and smelt everything that happened around her.
she wished that she could be like her deceased friends, in a place where they were not wandering the earth with not destination in mind. but that wasn't the case, and she was still wandering and searching. for what exactly she hadn't a clue, but she went where her un-beating heart lead her, even if it seemed like it was leading her around in circles. shaking her head to clear her wandering thoughts, kagome focused on the road before her. noticing the grave yard not to far off, she decided she would rest there for awhile, and then begin moving again.
quickly making her way there, she slowly went through the small grassy area. looking at each tombstone she passed with light interest, until she found a stone bench in the middle of the grave yard. sitting down upon it, she looked over the area and sighed lightly. she hadn't a clue why, but wherever she went she always ended up resting in the graveyard the place had. oddly enough, it was where she felt most comfortable. maybe because there were hardly any living beings inside it. she hadn't a clue if that was the real reason, but she would take comfort where she could find it. sighing once again, she laid her hand on her chest. though her heart had stopped beating long ago, it still felt the pain of loneliness. 'when will i find a companion?' she questioned silently, a frown upon her lips.
kagome jumped as she felt another hand on her chest, her
ow furrowed as she looked at the much larger hand, that obviously did not belong to her. looking in front of her, her eyes widened before narrowing as she looked at the grinning face of the male before her. gasping as his hand moved to one of her
easts. she grasped the hand tightly and removed it from her person immediately. "what do you think you are doing?!?" she questioned the male before her with a hard tone, as she continued to glare at him. completely forgetting that another being could not only see her, but that he could also touch her.
the male meet her gaze and smiled in a cocky fashion. this move only made her more annoyed, however the words that came out of his mouth in reply to her question, really got under her skin. "well doll, i was grabbing your
easts. it looked so fun while you were doing it, that i thought i would give it a try"