Not Alone...
I POV.
As soon as we encountered the villagers of course they immediately think badly of me but without hesitation Kagome stepped beside me to fight on my behalf. I resist the urge to fight them, I hate being looked down upon, and I certainly don't care for a girl having to fight my battles for me; especially this one. But I remain expressionless in that regard, rather travelling back into my own thoughts of her. I sometimes wonder but dare not ask, when she looks at me, when she saw me for the first time why wasn't she scared like any other human? Bugs scare her! But not demons? I know it's not something she encountered before falling into our world, so she couldn't have developed a tolerance so easily right? Or could she have?
K POV.
We headed into the village, Inuyasha leading the way and low and behold a giant creature with large blue eyes stood in the field. But I don't sense malice from him, could the villagers be wrong about him? Inuyasha had drawn Tetsusaiga ready for the battle that never came…
I POV.
I don't want to admit it but as a kindred Hanyo, I feel a little bad for this creature. Humans can be so cruel, so quick to judge. Just because we are demons they automatically think we must be evil. But this thing, I smell no blood and if he had just killed a woman there should be something. Stones. I stand there dumbstruck as this demon cried for his mother! And there Kagome goes again, standing up for another demon. Keh, excuse me?! If they hurt her I'll terrorize the village?! Okay, yes, I would. Fine, I'll stop the real killer for them just to make her happy.
K POV.
Jinenji is such a gentle soul how can they not realize he'd never hurt anyone! I can see how the way he looks or his massive size doesn't help, it's not like he can easily hide away. But my god, look at all the marks on his body, how much pain and suffering have those villagers caused to him?!
I wonder if this treatment is something Inuyasha experienced? Oh, I'm sure he wouldn't have ran away but instead fought back. But still to see it happen right in front of me to another half-demon, I feel like I'm also learning about another chapter to Inuyasha's life that will help me to understand him. If I had been shunned by everyone till now, what kind of person would I have become? Would I be more guarded, more temperamental?
I POV.
After the battle with the killer demon. I watched her with Jinenji, and it was amazing the effect she had on him, it's like her very presence became soothing for this giant creature. I may not have had the easiest life, being bullied for much of it, spat at and targeted by humans or demons alike, but even I can't imagine what his life must have been like; at least I look somewhat human. The way he looks at her, is that how I look when I think she's not watching me? It's like a mixture of happiness, and maybe even a little bit of longing… As if he'd have a chance with her, Tch, as if I'd let that happen…
I'm glad he had found the courage to stand up to that demon but he still couldn't bring it upon himself to punish those damn villagers that caused him so much pain! That was my method, show your power, show your strength and through fear and intimidation you will gain respect or at least they'll leave you alone… Yet those villagers, once they saw that he was in deed a gentle creature, no longer feared him but they somewhat embraced him. He was surrounded by them now, working the fields, helping to rebuild the home they had destroyed. Was my way really the right way? It was the only way I knew but it left me so lonely.
K POV.
He's thinking about something again. I can see it in his face, I can almost sense it, but too bad I can't hear what's going on in that head of his! And to my surprise and delight, that's when he opened-up to me…
I POV.
I'm not alone anymore… she had said with a smile before walking away. So, I stood there just watching her, not alone? I pondered those words… Not alone. She was right. For the first time it finally hit me, I could lose everything, I could even lose the new friends I've made but I would never be alone again because yeah…
Kagome would be by my side.
K POV.
I was so happy that Inuyasha finally confided something to me! I had been waiting for this moment, when he'd finally feel comfortable enough to let me in, even if just a tiny bit, that one action I hope will not be the last but the first crack in that wall he created within himself. That tough-man façade that I know is really just an act but still, I'm finally starting to reach into his heart…
I POV.
I smile at the thought. Here I was thinking that after so much loss I'd never be able to open my heart again and yet she had somehow managed to do it. She pierced me not with an arrow but with her beautiful soul…