Chapter one: Hurt
Kagome couldn't imagine what it would feel like. She didn't want to know because it might scare her and then she wouldn't go through with it. To die. She didn't want to know what it would be like to die. She just wanted it done quickly. No pain and no time to back down.
Looking down, she calculated the distance from where she stood to the water below. Her saliva caught in her throat. Probably around a hundred and twenty five feet. A pretty long drop. And her hit would be hard enough to kill her, or at least knock her unconscious allowing her to sink to the bottom without a chance to struggle.
Muttering to herself, the young girl swung her arms back and forth. Now how should she go about doing this? Just cannonball right in? Maybe a swan dive?
'Stop prolonging it…' she thought gently.
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The weather was warm, the sun was shining and his car was speeding down the freeway. Bobbing his head to the music and tapping his hands on the steering wheel, Inuyasha let himself relax and enjoy the ride. With his window rolled all the way down, his long silver hair blew in the wind.
Reaching over he turn the volume dial up, a giddy excitement swelling in his chest. He loved this part of the song! Ready to bellow the lyrics loud Inuyasha took a deep breath and was ready to let his vocal cords explode when someone else's beat him to it.
A scream pierced the air loudly fallowed by shouts of distress and anguish. Inuyasha's ears perked up wildly, twisting his head around he noticed a small cluster of vehicles gathered around a dirt road. Leading away from the highway.
Pulling over, Inuyasha jumped out of his car and ran across the busy highway to the other side. Expecting to see an accident Inuyasha ran to the rescue.
"Is everyone alright?"
A woman closest to him latched onto his arm and let out a cry of fear. She must have been the one that screamed.
"It's my daughter! She's on Hayshite cliff! She threatened to jump if we came near." The mother wailed.
Inuyasha frowned lightly. The poor woman. Someone had to do something. Without thinking Inuyasha ran into the woods. He could hear the people calling after him telling him not to. Running as fast as his half demon legs could take him, he jumped into the air and glided.
The world became black and white and was running in extreme slow motion. He emerged from the trees soaring in the sky. Her tall and lean form stood at the very edge, her arms spread like wings and her legs tightly together. Slowly she leaned and dramatically she tipped. Her hair flew back in a long wave of black silk, her body almost perfectly horizontal in the air. Her feet slipping, dragging. They were being pulled over the edge from the weight of her body.
'Goodbye.' She thought, closing her eyes and allowing herself to be taken.
"Damn it…" Inuyasha hissed, throwing himself to the ground.
Skidding across the dirt and rocks, he managed to slide to the edge of the cliff. Desperately reaching out he grabbed at her left ankle. The laws of gravity didn't like this and sent the rest of her body smashing into the side of the cliff. A muffled scream came from over the edge.
"THAT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN!"
Inuyasha lifted himself into a crouching position and pulled her up onto solid ground. She looked terrible. The dusty dirt was all over her clothes. Inuyasha could see miniscule cuts everywhere from hitting the jagged rock surface but the nasty part was her nose. Blood oozed from it like a fountain. She must have smashed it directly against the rock.
Inuyasha breathed in sympathetically and took her face in his hands. It didn't look too bad. If he got to the hospital quick enough they could fix it before it healed crooked and ruined her pretty face.
"Why would you do that you idiot! I was going over! I could have died!" The girl screech.
Inuyasha blinked. That ungrateful little… who wants to go and kill themselves! You'd think she'd be happy he saved her and gave her a second chance to re-think it all. This girl has to be crazy!
Kagome clenched her fists tightly in front of her and gave her head a good shake before going onto her knees. The girl winced and used her dirty hands to wipe the blood away from her nose. Then taking a deep breath she headed back to the edge of the cliff, crawling slowly.
"What do you think you're doing?" Inuyasha asked sceptically watching the strange girl.
"Finishing it all." Kagome hissed over her shoulder, crawling weakly.
Inuyasha didn't understand why she was doing this or why she sounded so bitter but he knew he couldn't let her take her life.
"Oh I don't think so!"
Inuyasha lunged forward, grabbing her by the ankle again and yanking her backwards. The girl fell flat on her stomach. She felt the ground rub at her skin and cut her as she was dragged across it.
"Let go of me!" she demanded throwing her arms forward and scratching at the earth, trying to pull herself forward by her nails.
"No way lady. You're crazy!" Inuyasha snorted yanking the girl again.
"STOP IT!"
"YOU STOP IT!"
"NO!"
"THEN I'M SAYING NO TOO!" Inuyasha shouted back stubbornly.
"You don't understand…" The girl grumbled, giving up and pushing her face into the ground.
Inuyasha sat up, still holding her ankle and laughed at her. He didn't even feel bad. He just openly threw his had back and laughed. Kagome looked up angrily. Her silk hair matted with dirt and her face covered in blood and mud.
"Fuck you!"
"Hey I'm sorry but I find all you whiney kids hilarious. Oh no I'm so hard done by! I think I'm going to kill myself! Girls especially. Oh no I gained a pound I'm going to go blow my brains out!" Inuyasha continued to laugh in disgust.
"That's not it at all! You heartless, incompetent… ASSHOLE!" Kagome screamed attempting once more to lose his grip and toss herself over the cliff.
"What did your boyfriend break up with you?" Inuyasha asked wickedly.
"No. It's none of your business so shut up and let me go!"
"No."
"WHY NOT! JUST LET ME DIE!" She was crying now. The tears leaving streak marks on her filthy face.
Inuyasha felt his stomach flip. He felt sick. Her face made him feel horrible. He shouldn't have been that mean. It was heartless.
"Why do you want to die."
His voice was quiet and the softness even amazed himself. The girl looked up and choked back the flowing tears. Sniffing loudly and bringing her hand up to support the back of her neck. She massaged it lightly and trailed her hand down to grip her collar bone.
"I'd rather die by my own hands then theirs."
Her body trembled and shook violently. Inuyasha lifted himself and was ready to help her. At first he thought she was having a seizure but then he realized… They were tremors of … fear. An insane gleam flickered in her eyes. Maybe she was truly unstable. Clinically insane?
Inuyasha opened his mouth to ask who they were but he never got a chance. She had rolled herself into a ball and folded her arms across her body. Rocking back and forth, her eyes glazed over and crazy looking.
Everything was silent. Uniformed paramedics jogged onto the scene fallowed by the girls mother and some spectators.
Mouth agape and body melted to the ground, Inuyasha sat there starring at the girl. Peoples mouths were moving frantically but he couldn't hear a sound. The woman had collapsed on her daughter. The paramedics violently separated the two.
The girls mouth opened wide and her face twisted painfully. She was screaming. Her arms flying and hands clawing at the men. The mother backed away clutching her mouth, crying. Inuyasha could break his eyes away from the girl. He wanted to steal her away from them and figure out for himself what was wrong. He wanted to know who They were.
I hurt myself today
To see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
The only thing that's real
The needle tears a hole
The old familiar sting
Try to kill it all away
But I remember everything
[Chorus:]
What have I become
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away
In the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
I wear this crown of thorns
Upon my liar's chair
Full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair
Beneath the stains of time
The feelings disappear
You are someone else
I am still right here
[Chorus:]
What have I become
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away
In the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
If I could start again
A million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way
Alright so I REALLY LIKED writing this fiction. It's much more serious than sugar high and I really hope you guys like it! REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!
Song:
Hurt by Johnny Cash