Chapter 1: Beautiful Nightmare It was a stormy night, black rain clouds marched somberly over head. A lovely raven haired, green eyed, and scarlet lipped young
girl of 18 sat crying in a lone cemetery, she sat beside a tomb that read, "Inutashio Takahashi, beloved Father and friend." She didn't know who Inutashio was,
but she spoke to the grave as if they'd been old friends. Her voice is shaky, but clearly beautiful, light and airy like silver bells. Her face is covered with blackened
tears from her make up as she tells her story to the dead man.
"I never meant to kill him," were the words she first spoke to the grave, "I didn't mean to kill Hojo, Inutashio, I only meant to scare him so he'd leave me
alone and let me leave. God, what have I done?" She let her head fall into her hands, "Dear God what have I done?" She stifled a sob her tears leaking between
her fingers.
"You only did what you felt you had to, you didn't mean to hurt the man." A voice called out softly, comfortingly, for a moment the girl believed the dead man
had spoken from beyond the grave but as she looked up she saw a tall Silhouette a broad shouldered man with long hair that fell below his butt. She could discern
no distinguishable characteristics at first.
"Who- who are you?" She asked in a small timid voice, she'd been through so much that night she could not muster the strength to grab the gun in her
back pocket.
"My name is Inuyasha Takahashi, I am the leader of the Silver Dragons, and you are speaking to my father's grave." He stepped closer and the girl noticed
that Inuyasha held a bouquet of white lilies, his hair was silver as starlight, he had adorable dog ears, and his eyes were gold. He was wearing a black band tee
shirt and the girl could see part of a tattoo on his left upper arm, a silver dragon, he had black jeans and on his leg was a holster for his gun. He set the lilies down
in front of Inutashio's grave, and lit some of the candles that previously been there, then turning to the girl he smiled softly.
"And what is your name?" His smile was comforting and genuine.
"Kagome, Kagome Higurashi." She was hesitant still unsure as to what was going on, Inuyasha sat cross legged before her, still a head taller, and smirked.
"Tell me Kagome why are you crying in a cemetery all alone? Shouldn't you be home?" Inuyasha brushed away some of her tears and smiled kindly. He held
her cheek in his hand, it felt warm against her cold face.
Kagome shook her head slowly, "I have no where to go." She said softly. She looked up at him with sad eyes and wished he'd leave her alone, it was painful
enough to be going through this, she didn't need a stranger's pity. Inuyasha stood up and grabbed her arm pulling her up with him,
"You'll stay at my place then." He smirked triumphantly.
"Wh-what? No I couldn't I don't want to impose, I'll be fine please let go," Kagome spoke quickly trying to pull herself free, she didn't want his pity help, she
didn't need it, she was independent she didn't need anybody. "Yes you do." A soft voice spoke inside of her.
"Now now, no arguing, you need a place to stay and I've made up my mind woman." Inuyasha started walking dragging her along and Kagome had to rush to
keep up or else risk falling on her face. She argued with him the whole way to his black mercedes that she was fine. He opened the door swept her feet out from
under her sitting her on the seat before promptly closing the door and locking it. She tried begging and pleading with him as they drove to the north end of the
city which was nicknamed 'Hell Fire City' for it's gang violence. The car pulled to a stop in front of a large three story house with several similar black mercedes sat
in the driveway, all of them had bullet proof glass and extra modifications that made them perfect for the gang. Inuyasha got out of the car and opened her door.
He gripped her arm tightly and pulled her to the door.
"Now that's enough of that Kagome you're staying and that's final." He pulled out his keys to open the door.
"Look I don't need your pity just let go please." She begged him, but to no avail.
"We're going to have to search you for wires now so stay still." Was the only reply she got. She sighed and conceded, she needed a bed and once morning
came she could leave. She had a duffle bag full of money and could find a cheap apartment to rent while she got a job.
A girl with long chestnut brown hair and chocolate eyes smiled at her, "I'm sorry but we just have to make sure. Please spread your arms and legs." Kagome
complied and the woman did the search as quickly as she could while still being effective to ensure Kagome was not a snitch. "Alright all done, I know that was
embarrassing but it's for our safety." She held her hand out to Jade, "My name is Sango Taijiya, and you are?" Sango smiled kindly, waiting for Kagome's response.
"Kagome Higurashi." She punctuated her sentence with a stifled yawn, it was almost 1 am. Sango held her hand and started to pull her toward the stairs,
"Boss, I'm going to take her up to the spare room next to mine." Inuyasha waved his consent as he was surrounded by men in black and red all sporting the
same tattoo. Kagome followed Sango into a black room with red accents, her favorite colors. The room was almost twice the size her room had been in her
apartment, and almost triple the room in her parent's home. The bed was enormous, her days in military school had been spent on a cot and this bed looked like
something out of a movie. Her eyes widened at all the luxuries this one room held, Sango spoke up breaking Kagome out of her reverie.
"I know it's small but it's the biggest one we had empty, I'm sorry." Kagome whipped around with her mouth wide open.
"This is SMALL?" She was shocked, her father had forcefully instilled a life of discipline and sacrifice upon their family despite the fact that he made a cushy
salary of a half a million. Jade had never been in a house bigger than two stories, and she'd thought that home was for extremely rich people, to be in this palace
the Silver Dragons called home boggled the mind. Sango chuckled softly,
"Sorry I forget some people aren't used to this life, anyway I'll leave you to yourself I'm sure you'd like to get unpacked, feel free to take a shower or a bath if
you want." She turned and left the room shutting the door behind her. Kagome slipped off her back pack carefully setting it down next to her duffle bag at the foot
of the bed. She walked around the room looking at the various paintings and pictures, she walked onto the balcony admiring the skyline, and sat on the bed that
felt softer than clouds. She stood after a few minutes and pulled open the large oak door, inside was a bathroom almost half the size of the room, the bathtub
could hold three people easily, the tile was a mosaic depicting a rose garden, and the mirror covered the entire top half of the back wall. Kagome ran the water into
the bath tub filling it with warm water and undressed carefully wincing at her bruises left by Hojo and frowning at the blood that covered her hands. She sank
down into the water scrubbing it all off and forgetting her past for a while.