A/N: This new piece I'm starting is hopefully one that will turn out as well as I want it to, and I'm going to need the help of a few faithful readers to do that. This is an InuKag piece and it's also an AU fic.
I warn you all now, a spark of inspiration hit me in my computer class, and I'm just going with it! I don't plan on this being a long story, just something to entertain the masses for a short while.
Notice: While characters will retain a majority of their physical features, there will be no demons, priestesses, or any other super natural beings featured in this story. So, unfortunately, Inuyasha will not have his dog ears, or claws, but he will have his normal hair and eye color. The same goes for any other character that holds any distinctive physical traits.
Prologue:
The wind blew, just barely making its presence known; lightly tousling the hair of any who stood within reach of its gentle touch. The roads were busy, as was usual, and the sun shone brightly, gracing the skin of those walking with its warming rays. It was, all in all, a beautiful day.
A pair -consisting of a mother and daughter- were walking down a street together, obviously having returned from a shopping excursion, considering all the bags that rode on their arms. The elder of the two females walked closest to the street, and the younger near the buildings that were aligned beside her.
The taller woman had rather plain features, short and graying hair, brown eyes. It was probable that the woman was a strikingly beautiful specimen in her younger days, but now she held the wise and loving look that accompanied motherhood and life. The latter of the two women though, had such prominent features that stares were often directed towards her. She had startling gray eyes, so bright and shiny that one might mistake them for silver, and jet black hair that fell in light waves down her back with bangs that framed her face; her incredibly pale face. It wasn't a sickly pale, but rather a pale that screamed elegance and delicateness. She was the epitome of beauty, though if you asked her, she'd more than likely tell you otherwise.
The twosome continued their casual stroll down the busy street, until the youngest of the duo suddenly stopped in front of an alley.
"Mama... Do you see that?" The young woman peered into the alley, without actually stepping into it.
"See what, dear?"
"It looks like a foot... or maybe a leg?..." The silver eyed female took one cautious step into the dark passage.
"Kagome! Come away from there! It's probably just a homeless man napping." After realizing what she had said, the elder lady scrunched up her nose. "Well, maybe we should check to see. If it is a homeless fellow, he's probably rather hungry!" The older woman quickly stepped into the alley and past her daughter.
"Now where exactly do you see this foot?" But an answer was unnecessary. She had found the foot, and the owner of it. A gasp escaped her lips.
"Kagome, quick, dial 911! This man is hurt!" Panicked Mama Higurashi. She dropped to her knees beside the wounded and unconscious man and her hands did an uncertain dance over all his body. She was unsure whether or not she should touch him, not knowing the full extent of his injuries.
There was blood all over his chest ad legs, but his face was relatively unmarred save for a few cuts, and a little dirt.
"Mama, what's wron-" The woman named Kagome was unable to finish her sentence once she caught a glance at the man that was sitting slouched before her. "What happened to him!"
"I don't know! But he needs help! There's a lot of blood! Call 911!" Her mother repeated her order from before.
Kagome didn't respond, instead she reached into her purse and pulled out her cell phone dialing the emergency number as fast as she could.
"Hello? There's a man here in the middle of an alley covered in blood! He's not moving!" a pause. "I don't know him! I was walking down the street with my mother and we found him!" another pause. "We're on Maple Avenue, directly across from Chester Lane. Thank you! Please hurry!"
It wasn't long before the wail of sirens was heard. The two Higurashi's had opted to not touch the man, but rather crouch beside of him. When the EMT's made their way toward the alley, Kagome hopped to her feet to wave them in the right direction.
The EMT's did their job, asking quick questions as they did so, and boarded the injured man onto the ambulance. At some point during the chaos, a police officer had shown up, and once the bloodied man was carted off towards the hospital, the two women were questioned and sent on their way.
-xXx-
The synchronized beeping and pumping of the machines scattered around the room played the same dull tune they had from the moment its occupant was placed there. The one window that the room came equipped with was closed, but the curtains that normally covered it were pulled back to allow a teasing trace of the outside world in.
A bird had made a nest outside that window… A bird that flew away and returned whenever its heart desired to do so. That bird held the one ability that the lone occupant of the room wished to acquire; the ability to live freely, without restraint…
At one point in his life, he had had that ability. He'd even taken it for granted… but now, trapped in this room, this prison, he'd realized the foolishness of such a mistake.
His prison was a nice one, fully equipped with a more than pleasant warden, and the kindest correctional officers, but it was still a prison… and even worse than being locked away in the god forsaken place, was knowing that he could leave whenever he wanted too.
He could…
But, at the same time… he couldn't…
No matter how much he wanted to. No matter how incessantly he yearned to yank the plugs, and tubes out of his body, he couldn't.
He just couldn't…
His kind-hearted warden had told him frequently enough that, in time, he'd be able to walk right out that door; his correctional officers reminded him just as often.
But he was no fool… He knew that it could be months, even years before he was able to escape this prison; and it wasn't a guarantee that he would be walking out, either. He wanted their weightless promises to stop. They did nothing but build false hope that would more than likely be crushed in the end; and he wasn't sure he could take much more. He wanted to tell them to stop, but… that was just another thing he couldn't do.
Another ability he had so recklessly taken for granted. He hated himself for that, and he resented everyone else who continuously made the same mistake.
He couldn't move…
He couldn't speak…
He could barely breathe on his own some days…
He hated it…
But… there is always a silver lining... isn't there?
-xXx-
A/N And there it goes! I should probably mention the fact that this whole story is based on something that is going on in my life right now. I have o idea how this situation in my life is going to end, but I do have an idea for how I want the story to end. I would tell you more, but that would kind of give the story away... Next chapter will hopefully be uploaded soon!
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