The Voice of Silence

Summary: In a world where everyone is still getting used to the idea of Demons and Humans being together. One boy, like many, battles the reality of being the result of this new, hard to accept world. But not only is he hanyou, he is also a mute, making him stand out even more. But the acceptance of one girl completely changes everything he has known, demolishing those walls and erecting new ones. Welcoming him in a world of acceptance, friends and love. Two broken lives come together as one and secrets about one another a revealed as their connection continues to grow stronger. Inu/Kag

Authors Note: Yosh! Story number two! I need an editor for this story! So if anyone is willing to, I would appreciate it very much! Anyway this is the story I have been asked to take over, former author (Neko Ni Koban) is no longer able to continue with it, so I have taken it and revamped it with her acceptance and permission! Anyway I hope you enjoy, constructive criticism is welcome but please do go easy on me!

Disclaimer: Unfortunaly I do not own Inuyasha, simply writing from my own entertainment as well as my readers.

Chapter One

"Tashio, Inuyasha? Will Tashio Inuyasha please report to the dean's office?" Came the voice of the dean's secratary over the crackle of the campus wide PA system. Soft giggles of the student body could be heard throughout the hallways, emitting mainly from the classroom currently holding said student that was needed, normally when students were called upon to meet with the dean, it usually did not result in anything good. Unwanted attention was now drawn to him as he rose from his seat in the back corner of the room, right by the window, attention he was not accustomed to, attention from the student body normally resulted in pain. The said student bowed respectfully to the teacher, excusing himself from class, but he did not utter a word.

This silent boy, with long, silky silver-colored hair, with matching soft, silver dog ears adorned on the crown of his head, and piercing molten amber colored eyes, took his leave from his classroom, thankful to be away from the unwanted stares of his classmates, and proceeded toward the destination he had been called upon.

'Baka ooba-san, calling my out in the middle of class, drawing unwanted attention...' He mentally grumbled to himself. He knew he wasn't in trouble, he never was and has never performed an act the resulted in a scolding from the dean of this college, unlike many students who attended this school, but for the dean to call him out over the PA system, that was unusual. Having that the dean knew of his situation, she would normally pull him aside descreatly whenever she needed to speak with him, she knew that he wished to not attract anymore attention than already did on a daily basis, just by being the 'freak' that he has been known as since birth...

Exiting the building his class had been held within he signed in frustration, closing his beautifully colored eyes inherrited from his late father, and pinched the bridge of his nose, continuing his long walk across campus to the dean's office, bracing himself for what she had prepared for him this time

-At the dean's office-

"Ye escort shall be here momentarily Higurashi-sama." The elderly women, known as the dean of this school, or otherwise known as Ms. Kaede, stated as she walked back through her office and situated herself back in her chair. Once she was situated, she looked back up to gaze upon the young girl in front of her with her only good eye. She was quite the beauty, with silky raven colored hair that fell in soft waves down to the middle of her back, and warm, loving gray-blue eyes. She gave off a shy persona initially, but Kaede could tell that she held quite the potential within her, and she certainly was not one to be reckoned with... Not to mention that this young woman held strong spiritual powers within her that had yet to be recognized, spritual powers that clearly surpassed her own and that of her promiscuous neice, Kikyou, of whom she was none to proud of.

"Ye said that ye have come here from Tokyo?" The dean questioned, already knowing what the students response would be, but simply trying to relieve some tension that was emitting from the girl. Upon hearing the question, the raven haired woman glanced up at Kaede with her warm gray-blue eyes that would blow any guy away.

"H-Hai." She responded quietly, shyly.

"Ah... I wonder why... a young ambitious girl such as ye, would move from the city, with far more pretigious colleges then this one, would move to this here countryside and attend school here. Ye marks clearly make you acceptable for those pretigious colleges in Tokyo... May I ask why that might be Higurashi-sama?" Upon initial response to this question, the young woman began to fidget uncomfortably, playing with the hem of her shirt, and not making eye contact with the dean.

Ah... so she had hit a tender subject. Kaede smiled to herself, thinking about the current situation she had just placed two of her students in. It was not normal procedure to provide her college students with escorts. Normally, especially seeing as they were college students, they would make due on their own, to find their own classrooms, and hoping that they would attend orintation to figure out the layout of the school. But from the moment she had initailly met this student, who signed up for classes late due to family circumstances, she knew, without a doubt, that she would be the one who could help the young man, another one of her students, she had often worried so much about. She could sense it in this young girls aura, that she held capabilites to warm anothers heart, and quite possibly change the customs of the current world, or at least for now, the campus. And somehow... she just knew that Inuyasha would help this young woman as well.

Kagome continued to fidget, unwilling to answer the elder woman's question. It didn't seem that she was expecting any sort of answer from her, but even so she couldn't be sure and it was making her increasingly uncomfortable. The subject she had unexpectedly brought up was a private matter, one that she was not willing to share with just anyone, even if she was the dean. So she decided not to respond, hoping something would clear the uncomfortable tension in the air soon, and also hoping that Ms. Kaede would understand. If not, she would be willing to face the consequences for her actions in the end, it was a secret she intended to keep to herself for now, one not everyone should know about. As silence fell over the office, Kagome let her mind wander, needing to relax, and she thought about the current situation she had been placed in.

'An escort?' She questioned herself curiously. Coming to a new school at a difficult time wasn't her first rodeo, she had transfered between schools often during her high school years, and not once was she ever assigned an escort. Having an escort seemed more likely in high school, but college? And she pondered it, and thought deeper into the whole situation, she wasn't fond of the idea of hanging around some stranger all day, and even more so, she felt sorry for the poor sap who had to be stuck with her all day. She mentally groaned, she was sure no one on this campus would want to be stuck with 'the new girl.' And frankly, the whole idea was just embarrassing. Unfortunately, at this point, there was nothing that she could do to stop this from happening, whatever the dean wanted she had to go with, she only hoped that she would be able to make a friend out of this complete stranger, and not eternal enimies. Sighing softly, a knock was heard upon the office door, breaking Kagome from her thoughts.

"Come in." Kaede called, and within that moment the door opened. Nervous, Kagome didn't immediately turn around to greet the stranger, a light colored blush crossing her features, unwilling to reveal herself to the student as of yet.

"Ah, Inuyasha." She heard Kaede say, finding it a bit strange that she was address one of her students by their first name.

"Please come in and meet our new student, albeit being slightly late in the semester, Higurashi, Kagome-sama." Kaede stated. Sucking in a deep breath, calming her nerves, taking that as he queue, Kagome pushed herself up out of her seat and stood. Releasing the breath slowly, she turned to face her escort with a bright smile, only to be met with what could possibly be the most handsome man she had ever set her sights upon, with quite literally the most beautiful, inciting eyes she had ever seen. All properly formed sentences she had rehearsed in her head escaped her as she looked into those eyes. Both pairs of eyes widened in surprise as they became caught up in each others gaze, seemingly in their own world. Taking in his appearance, he was dressed sort of ruggedly, his black jeans torn at the knees, but not dirty, and his red button up shirt, wrinkled and faded, with an old white t-shirt underneath. And he was certainly in dire need of a new pairs of shes, the black converses he wore were very worn, and the soles looked as if they were about to come off. Even so, she could look past all of that, taking note of the strong build he held, only attracting her to him more. With a blush, she tore her eyes away from his body to fall upon the two adorable dog ears that sat on the top of his, twitching with anticipation. All sense of logic escaped her in that moment as a wide giddy smile spread across her face.

"Kawai!" She whispered in happiness and excitement. Walking toward him, in a complete trance, forgeting about everything else around her, and focused solely on those cute ears her hands were itching to rub so badly. She stoped just in front of the boy, her hands slowly reaching up without thinking, completly unaware of the frozen boy before her, and the smirking principal behind her.

'Wh-what is this wench doing!' Inuyasha's mind screamed, he was completly frozen in his place, overwhelmed by this woman's intoxicating scent in front of him, and completly taken aback by her actions. Talk about being bombarded with surprises in a matter of seconds!

First, it was this new students scent that had literally tackled him the moment he had entered the dean's office. It overpowered even ooba-san's scent that usually coated the room and would still remain even after she had left for the day. It overwhelmed his, calmed him and excited him all at once, a scent he would love to endure on a daily basis. It was unlike any other scent he had ever smelled before, demons and humans alike, the perfect natural mixture of cherry blossoms and jasmine. It was a scent he could easily loose himself within, he wasn't sure if that should make him afraid, or welcome it with open arms. Then, the moment the girl had turned to face him, he was instantly mezmorized by her beauty. She had dressed very conservatively as opposed to the way most women did on this campus, yet it still accentuated every curve enticingly. Her dark wash, boot-cut jeans clung respectively to her seemingly long legs, even though she was shorter in height than he was. She wore a pair of black flats, adorned with a black bow on the toes. Traveling his eyes up in a way he had never looked another woman, she wore a dark teal colored shirt, the sleeves coming to stop at her elbows and held a low v-neck that would reveal much of her cleavage, had she not worn a black tank-top underneath. As he traveled up further, to be enticed in the gaze of her strikingly beautiful grey blue eyes that held such warmth and love within them. He was instantly caught in a trance and he knew he wouldn't be able to break free. She wore no make-up, aside from the light touch of mascara a natural colored eyeshadow, she was naturally beautiful. Watching her gaze float upwards, he froze, knowing what her gaze would soon fall upon. His ears twitched as they picked up the sound of her gentle voice.

'Kawaii?' His mind rang, but before he could even process a second thought, the new student was standing before him, closer than he would ever have imagined having her. The eyes dancing with happiness and excitement, her natural scent mixing with the scent of pure happiness, no scent of disgust could even be traced coming from her. One of her hands was reaching up above the both of him, and for a moment he found himself being unable to stop the inevitable. When he gentle fingertips grazed the base of his ears, a dangerous sensation racked through his body, having never experienced such a gentle touch before. No one had ever touched his ears before, he had never allowed it after the harm that was brought upon them as a child. They were part of what marked him as different as an outcast. But even so... no one had ever referred to his ears as cute before, nor had anyone ever gotten close enough to be so gentle with them since his mother had passed away. Quickly, all logic reformed in his mind, and his mind finally registered what was going on, and before this woman could take the moment a step futher, he reached up a clawed hand to gently grasp hers and pull it away slightly from her soft appendage. He stared at her with wide eyes. How in the world was this woman able to be so close to him without giving it a secong thought? Why wasn't she screaming and calling him a freak, amongst other names, as all the other human students had done upon initial sight of him?

The girls eyes widened finally, as the met his, in realization, and a deep red blush washed over her face. She took a step back, and he reluctantly released her hand as she let it drop to her side, instantly missing the warmth it had held. She bowed before him, obviously embarrassed by her involuntary actions. He was embarrassed as well, a shade of crimson apparent on his own cheeks.

"Gomen-nasai Tashio-san!" She squeeked an apology, surprising him once again. No one ever apologized to him, he never deserved an apology.

"I-I don't know... w-what came over me..." She mumbled, and if it hadn't been for his demonic hearing, it would have been barely audible. The woman remained in her bowed position, waiting for a response to ensure it was alright to stand before him again. He willed himself to say something to her... anything... wanting to give this woman the honor of hearing his voice... but as always, it just wouldn't come out. Growing frusterated with himself as she continued to remain bowed before him, and Kaede continuing to watch the unique exchange curiously, he reached into his school bag the was slung over his shoulder, to pull out a pen and notebook. He quicked open the notebook to a blank page a scribled something before sticking it under the girl's bent figure so she could read what had been written.

"N-Nani?" She whispered upon seeing the notebook, gently taking it from the hanyou's clawed hand, and standing upright once again. Seeing her give the notebook a questioning look, he mentally sighed, knowing all to well that if his appearance didn't phase her and cause her to look and think of him as the other students around campus did, this certainly would. But even so... as he watched her, he could not pick up the scent of fear or disgust from her.

All the embarrasment that she had previously been feeling was instantly washed away and replaced with intense curiosity as she read what had been written to her by this mysterious student she had just met.

'It's alright. Don't worry about it.' Was all that had been written. She raised an eyebrow as she read it over again, many questions reeling around in her mind. Why couldn't he have just said this to her? Why write it down? Still holding the notebook close to her, she looked up at him again, about to ask him about it when she was interrupted by a forgotten someone clearing her throat, causing both her and this handsome boy she had humiliated herself in front of, to jump. They had completely forgotten the the dean of the school was in the same vicinity as them, and Kagome whirled around to face her respectfully, crossing her arms, and the notebook behind her, the unique pair now sporting a new blush.

"Hiigurashi-sama, Inuyasha here is a mute, he is also a hanyou." Well that answered her question that she had been intending to ask, and she had already figured out that he was hanyou the moment she had sensed his aura. She saw him stiffen out of the corner of her eye upon the mention of the word, he then shifted uncomfortably. She could recognize instantly that these facts about himself was a touchy subject. She wasn't stupid, she knew how most hanyou's in today's world were treated, especially hanoyu's who were born before the new laws had been placed, and Inuyasha being a mute certainly did not help his situation, but she couldn't help but wonder why he was... had something happened and he chose to never use his voice?

Even so, just because she had known this about hanyou's, it didn't mean that she was one to follow those cruel ways of the current world. In a way she actually understood how he felt, and she felt compelled to encourage him, to make him feel comfortable around her. With a sense of determination, she turned to face him once again, a bright smile plastered upon her features, but she found that he now wouldn't look at her.

"Hanyou huh?" She quipped, seeing him flinch visably, but her smile only widened with encouragement.

"That's awesome! I wish I had demon capabilities that made me stronger and faster! Then maybe gym wouldn't be so troublesome for me." She giggled.

"And the cute ears are definatly a plus." She added, using her hand not holding the notebook to point to a spot on her head where the ears would be if she had any. Watching him curiously, Inuyasha whirled around to face her with wide amber eyes, his mouth slightly agape in complete shock and surprise. This only brought up her spirits more, and she continued to smile at him, bringing her hand down to tap her chin inquisitively, her gaze drifting toward the ceiling as if in deep though.

"As for being a mute, I can live with that." Looking at him again, she held up her finger and smiled.

"But, I shall do whatever I can to help you find your voice!" Inuyasha's blush only deepened as he continued to look at her in shock and complete bewilderment. She heard Ms. Kaede chuckle sweetly behind her.

"Very well Higurashi-sama, I shall hold you to that." Kagome dropped her hand behind her again and turned back around to face the dean with a bright smile.

"Hai!" She responded.

"And please, call me Kagome. You seem to be on a first name basis with Tashio-san, so consider it the same with me as well." She added cheekily. Kaede chuckled again, smiled and nodded at her new student.

"Very well then." She then turned slightly to face the still utterly surprised Inuyasha.

"Inuyasha, ye will be Kagome's escort for the remainder of the semester. Seeing as both of ye are taking preliminary courses this semester, ye share the same schedule.: Kaede finally informed the unsuspecting hanyou, breaking him from his current state of shock the had been caused by Kagome's kindness. He proceeded to give Kaede a look of horror upon hearing this information, unwilling to believe what she had just told him.

"No way out of it." She added before he had the chance to retort. Gathering some paperwork from her desk, she stood before them and gave Inuyasha a stern look.

"Now kindly show Kagome-sama to your next class before ye are late." She told him sternly. Grumbling he nodded and bowed respectfully with Kagome, excusing themselves, before turning on his heal and taking his leave of the office with a huff to do as he was instructed, a worried Kagome tagging along behind him.

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