A/N: Sorry for taking so long to get the next chapter out. I was having
real trouble getting started. Why? Well, that last chapter was a real eye-
opener for me. 'but Inuyasha couldn't blame her; after all, she had just
been abused.' Until I typed that fragment I had absolutely no idea I was
writing one of those fics that use abuse as a plot intensifier. Geeze, I
feel stupid. But, just so you know, that's NOT the focus of this fic. It
wasn't even in my notes; I just needed a decent prelude to the whole hanyou
thing, so I was just winging it. So, I guess what I'm trying to say is
that I'm sorry if I offended anyone other than myself, I really didn't mean
to!!
DISCLAIMER: Same as chapter 1. O.o Ooooh! Wait! I am the proud owner of an Inuyasha wall scroll now! That means I DO own Inuyasha!! Even if it's less than 0.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001%, I'm still happy! *smiles dumbly *
A Demonic Wish
Chapter 6
More fun for me!! (aka. character torment)
As soon as Kagome and Inuyasha joined the others in the clearing by the God- tree, Kagome was forced to confront the issue of her appearance yet again. When they came bursting out of the trees all the others could do was stare.
"What?"
Everyone just continued staring as if they hadn't heard her.
"WHAT??" Kagome couldn't understand why the others were all acting so strange. But then she remembered; she looked different.
Kagome fished through her pockets for her mirror. Once she found it, she raised it to her face and gasped. The young miko had known her appearance had been altered, she just didn't know the change had been this drastic.
The first thing Kagome noticed when she gazed at her reflection were two violet orbs with vertical slits in place of her normally round pupils. Once the initial shock of looking into a mirror and having someone else stare back at you subsided, Kagome examined herself further.
Her raven locks were nothing like they'd been before. Instead of being a black so deep it was almost blue, her hair was now just a dark blue with silver flecks tossed in randomly. Kagome readjusted the mirror slightly and saw, to her astonishment, that her hair glittered. It had apparently taken on a silver undertone that made it glisten in the light.
Kagome's eyes drifted to the top of her head were there now were two triangles perched, rotating slightly to follow any sound. This, coupled with the shock of all the other changes she had just observed for the first time, sent the young miko into a frenzy.
"Great," Kagome threw the mirror hard on the ground and watched it shatter. "Now I'm a freak!!"
Everyone winced at Kagome's words and all eyes turned to Inuyasha.
He had to admit, those words hurt. Even if Kagome hadn't been talking directly about him.
"Inuyasha," Kagome realized that she had just inadvertently called him a freak, "I-I'm s-."
Inuyasha cut in before she could finish her sentence.
"Don't be, I know I'm a freak. And I'd be upset too if I'd just had my humanity all but ripped away."
"Inuyasha, how can you say that? You're not a freak."
Kagome was cut off again.
"Feh, How can I not be a freak when you just said you were? Incase you've forgotten, Kagome, we're the same now."
No one could even say a word. They all knew that Kagome didn't mean to hurt Inuyasha's feelings, but the point was that she had. Even though her statement was only meant to help Kagome relieve some stress, she had still called Inuyasha a freak. Something that they all knew was a touchy subject for the hanyou. Even Shippou hadn't gone there in any of his many bouts with Inuyasha. And coming from Kagome it was even stranger, and most likely more hurtful.
"That's not what I meant! I-."
Kagome was again denied the liberty of finishing a sentence.
"Forget it," Inuyasha waved a hand in the air dismissively, "I mean, it's not as if it really matters anyway." he feigned disgust, "It's not like you hurt my feelings or nothin."
Everyone could tell that despite what Inuyasha said and his attitude towards the matter, what Kagome had said had cut much deeper than what he was willing to reveal. But in reality, they had absolutely no idea of what he was forced to deal with as a child and throughout his entire life.
No matter how he tried to fit in, he was always shunned. Considered an abomination by both humans and demons alike. Creatures he had never met, never done anything to, would attack him just because of what he was. Even his mother's home had to have special sutras placed at the entrance so no strange youkai would harm him.
"Run! Just run!" A frantic woman cried through the darkness as the inn she had been staying at burst into flames.
All around there was chaos and screaming, sending his sensitive ears into overdrive.
"Keep that.that THING away from here!"
"That freak-of-nature doesn't even deserve to live, let alone destroy the lives of us all."
"Just leave before any more of HIS kind decide to attack us."
"Yeah, Leave!!"
"Leave, or we'll be forced to make you!"
The mob surrounding them began screaming and chanting so loud that the young hanyou in the center felt as if his head was about to burst. His already hypersensitive ears ringing with pain. He clasped his hands to his head in hopes of silencing the screaming horde.
"B-but Mama. I-I can't. it hurts."
"I know, darling, but we have to go. now."
The woman scooped the young child into her arms and began to run. She ran as fast as she could and as long as she could, all the while cradling her precious son against her chest. Trying to protect him from people like that. People who would shun him because of his birth.
But, strangely, she knew she couldn't protect him forever. No matter how hard she tried, no matter how much she sacrificed. He would never be accepted and she knew that it had somehow been her fault.
The throng continued to follow. And they were gaining fast. She had to find someplace to hide her son or else they would kill him. The woman looked around frantically, trying to discover some sort of safe-haven for the boy.
Just then, out of the corner of her eye, she saw it. A small cave in the rock face just perfect for a four year-old child.
"Thank Kami."
She rushed over to the cave and deposited her son inside.
"Shhh, sweetie, it's alright. No one's going to hurt you."
"But Mama, I'm scared. What did all those bad men mean?"
"Nothing darling, don't you ever listen to a word they say, they're just trying to scare you."
"L-looks like it worked doesn't it?" the small child managed to squeak out between sobs.
"Always Mama's little joker aren't you?" She reached up and tweaked his nose, receiving a feeble giggle in return.
The crowd of people chasing them was getting closer and she knew she'd have to leave her son shortly, or risk giving away his location.
"I have to leave you now."
"B-but I don't want you to go. I-I don't wan'na be alone!"
"Shhh, it's alright! I'll be back as soon as it's ok to come out."
"A-all right." Tears were streaming freely down his face.
"Just promise me you'll be quiet.are you listening to me Inuyasha?" Inuyasha's mother gently grabbed his hands, "Don't make a sound."
"O-ok, I understand." The young Inuyasha wiped his nose on the sleeve of his red fire-rats coat, "I'll be quiet."
"That's a good little boy. I'll come back."
"Promise?" he looked up at his mother, his huge amber eyes brimming with tears.
"Cross my heart." She made the motion across her chest, "I love you and I'll be back soon." She kissed her son on the forehead, and was off.
That was just one of the many times he and his mother had been hunted. Over time he'd gotten used to it, and it'd all become routine. He got so that he didn't ask questions and hardly ever cried.even though the words never stopped hurting.
The whole thing got worse every time it happened. The crowds always seemed to get bigger and they always seemed to get closer. Until one day when they didn't escape.
Inuyasha's mother had put him somewhere safe as she usually did, but that time she didn't return. The mob caught up with her and they brutally murdered her right before Inuyasha's eyes.
The memory still made his heart ache even though it had happened over 60 years ago. It still brought a burning sensation to his eyes that he refused to acknowledge. Even with all the emotional barriers he'd built up over the years, the memory of his mother's murder still made him want to cry, even though he never would.
Inuyasha snapped out of his silent revere only to find all eyes turned on him, not that he could really blame them; it must have been really odd to see him zone out in the middle of a conversation, especially one that was about him.
Inuyasha shook his head in hopes of getting rid of the slight haze clouding his vision. It had been there ever sense he had used the sacred jewel to save Kagome's life but after his little 'memory session' it seemed to be a lot worse.
He noticed the looks of concern on his friend's faces and decided to offer a little explanation.
"Err. Sorry. I'm fine, just a little tired." He lied.
"Are you sure?"
"Feh, I'm fine Sango. Besides it's Kagome we should be worrying about, I DID just turn her into a half-demon after all. We should be thinking of ways to get her back to normal."
"How many times do I have to tell you," Kagome was really frustrated, she hadn't been able to finish a single sentence this whole time and she only wanted to say one thing, " It ISN'T YOUR FAULT!! All you did was save my life in the only way you could; it's not your fault that the jewel seems to be very particular when it comes to wording."
"Feh, whatever."
"Aahhhh!!!!!" Kagome threw her arms up in annoyance, "You can be so infuriating some times Inuyasha!!"
Everyone knew that this conversation wasn't going anywhere and, frankly, they were getting tired of listening to Kagome and Inuyasha go around in circles.
"Why don't we all go to Kaede's? I'm almost positive she'd be able to do something, and if she can't she'd at least know someone who could."
"I agree with Sango, Kaede would be the most likely to help. But I suggest we set off soon, before she gets called away to another village."
"And let the whole village see me like this?!" Kagome indicated the changes in her appearance, "I don't think so Miroku."
Apparently Kagome still hadn't calmed down from her most recent exchange with Inuyasha.
"Well." Sango was afraid Kagome would explode again if she upset her any more.
" 'Well' what?!"
"Well, if you changed your clothes I'm almost positive that no one would recognize you. I mean, you've changed enough that you almost look like an entirely different person."
A deep, menacing sound was coming from Kagome's direction.
Surprisingly enough, Kagome was growling!! It would have been almost comical had she not sounded like she was just about to bite Sango's head off. But even with that, Inuyasha still keeled over laughing. He'd growled many times before when intimidating an enemy, but coming from sweet little Kagome, it was just absurd! Inuyasha was lucky he didn't die right then.
"It's NOT funny!!" Kagome scowled at Inuyasha, silencing him temporarily, "Fine," she threw up her hands in defeat, "We'll go see Kaede!" And with that Kagome stalked off to go change, leaving Inuyasha sitting there laughing his head off.
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A/N: I am offended. Why? Because no one's reading my stupid story!! Or at least no one's reviewing. All I ask in between chapters is like 4 or 5 reviews, and I get 2. 2 people!! You can do better than that! I mean, at this rate you're never gonna get any new chapters!! That or I'll end up ditching the story altogether. How about this; once I get 20 reviews I'll write an extra long chapter!! Will that get you to review? Please?? *makes pathetic face *
DISCLAIMER: Same as chapter 1. O.o Ooooh! Wait! I am the proud owner of an Inuyasha wall scroll now! That means I DO own Inuyasha!! Even if it's less than 0.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001%, I'm still happy! *smiles dumbly *
A Demonic Wish
Chapter 6
More fun for me!! (aka. character torment)
As soon as Kagome and Inuyasha joined the others in the clearing by the God- tree, Kagome was forced to confront the issue of her appearance yet again. When they came bursting out of the trees all the others could do was stare.
"What?"
Everyone just continued staring as if they hadn't heard her.
"WHAT??" Kagome couldn't understand why the others were all acting so strange. But then she remembered; she looked different.
Kagome fished through her pockets for her mirror. Once she found it, she raised it to her face and gasped. The young miko had known her appearance had been altered, she just didn't know the change had been this drastic.
The first thing Kagome noticed when she gazed at her reflection were two violet orbs with vertical slits in place of her normally round pupils. Once the initial shock of looking into a mirror and having someone else stare back at you subsided, Kagome examined herself further.
Her raven locks were nothing like they'd been before. Instead of being a black so deep it was almost blue, her hair was now just a dark blue with silver flecks tossed in randomly. Kagome readjusted the mirror slightly and saw, to her astonishment, that her hair glittered. It had apparently taken on a silver undertone that made it glisten in the light.
Kagome's eyes drifted to the top of her head were there now were two triangles perched, rotating slightly to follow any sound. This, coupled with the shock of all the other changes she had just observed for the first time, sent the young miko into a frenzy.
"Great," Kagome threw the mirror hard on the ground and watched it shatter. "Now I'm a freak!!"
Everyone winced at Kagome's words and all eyes turned to Inuyasha.
He had to admit, those words hurt. Even if Kagome hadn't been talking directly about him.
"Inuyasha," Kagome realized that she had just inadvertently called him a freak, "I-I'm s-."
Inuyasha cut in before she could finish her sentence.
"Don't be, I know I'm a freak. And I'd be upset too if I'd just had my humanity all but ripped away."
"Inuyasha, how can you say that? You're not a freak."
Kagome was cut off again.
"Feh, How can I not be a freak when you just said you were? Incase you've forgotten, Kagome, we're the same now."
No one could even say a word. They all knew that Kagome didn't mean to hurt Inuyasha's feelings, but the point was that she had. Even though her statement was only meant to help Kagome relieve some stress, she had still called Inuyasha a freak. Something that they all knew was a touchy subject for the hanyou. Even Shippou hadn't gone there in any of his many bouts with Inuyasha. And coming from Kagome it was even stranger, and most likely more hurtful.
"That's not what I meant! I-."
Kagome was again denied the liberty of finishing a sentence.
"Forget it," Inuyasha waved a hand in the air dismissively, "I mean, it's not as if it really matters anyway." he feigned disgust, "It's not like you hurt my feelings or nothin."
Everyone could tell that despite what Inuyasha said and his attitude towards the matter, what Kagome had said had cut much deeper than what he was willing to reveal. But in reality, they had absolutely no idea of what he was forced to deal with as a child and throughout his entire life.
No matter how he tried to fit in, he was always shunned. Considered an abomination by both humans and demons alike. Creatures he had never met, never done anything to, would attack him just because of what he was. Even his mother's home had to have special sutras placed at the entrance so no strange youkai would harm him.
"Run! Just run!" A frantic woman cried through the darkness as the inn she had been staying at burst into flames.
All around there was chaos and screaming, sending his sensitive ears into overdrive.
"Keep that.that THING away from here!"
"That freak-of-nature doesn't even deserve to live, let alone destroy the lives of us all."
"Just leave before any more of HIS kind decide to attack us."
"Yeah, Leave!!"
"Leave, or we'll be forced to make you!"
The mob surrounding them began screaming and chanting so loud that the young hanyou in the center felt as if his head was about to burst. His already hypersensitive ears ringing with pain. He clasped his hands to his head in hopes of silencing the screaming horde.
"B-but Mama. I-I can't. it hurts."
"I know, darling, but we have to go. now."
The woman scooped the young child into her arms and began to run. She ran as fast as she could and as long as she could, all the while cradling her precious son against her chest. Trying to protect him from people like that. People who would shun him because of his birth.
But, strangely, she knew she couldn't protect him forever. No matter how hard she tried, no matter how much she sacrificed. He would never be accepted and she knew that it had somehow been her fault.
The throng continued to follow. And they were gaining fast. She had to find someplace to hide her son or else they would kill him. The woman looked around frantically, trying to discover some sort of safe-haven for the boy.
Just then, out of the corner of her eye, she saw it. A small cave in the rock face just perfect for a four year-old child.
"Thank Kami."
She rushed over to the cave and deposited her son inside.
"Shhh, sweetie, it's alright. No one's going to hurt you."
"But Mama, I'm scared. What did all those bad men mean?"
"Nothing darling, don't you ever listen to a word they say, they're just trying to scare you."
"L-looks like it worked doesn't it?" the small child managed to squeak out between sobs.
"Always Mama's little joker aren't you?" She reached up and tweaked his nose, receiving a feeble giggle in return.
The crowd of people chasing them was getting closer and she knew she'd have to leave her son shortly, or risk giving away his location.
"I have to leave you now."
"B-but I don't want you to go. I-I don't wan'na be alone!"
"Shhh, it's alright! I'll be back as soon as it's ok to come out."
"A-all right." Tears were streaming freely down his face.
"Just promise me you'll be quiet.are you listening to me Inuyasha?" Inuyasha's mother gently grabbed his hands, "Don't make a sound."
"O-ok, I understand." The young Inuyasha wiped his nose on the sleeve of his red fire-rats coat, "I'll be quiet."
"That's a good little boy. I'll come back."
"Promise?" he looked up at his mother, his huge amber eyes brimming with tears.
"Cross my heart." She made the motion across her chest, "I love you and I'll be back soon." She kissed her son on the forehead, and was off.
That was just one of the many times he and his mother had been hunted. Over time he'd gotten used to it, and it'd all become routine. He got so that he didn't ask questions and hardly ever cried.even though the words never stopped hurting.
The whole thing got worse every time it happened. The crowds always seemed to get bigger and they always seemed to get closer. Until one day when they didn't escape.
Inuyasha's mother had put him somewhere safe as she usually did, but that time she didn't return. The mob caught up with her and they brutally murdered her right before Inuyasha's eyes.
The memory still made his heart ache even though it had happened over 60 years ago. It still brought a burning sensation to his eyes that he refused to acknowledge. Even with all the emotional barriers he'd built up over the years, the memory of his mother's murder still made him want to cry, even though he never would.
Inuyasha snapped out of his silent revere only to find all eyes turned on him, not that he could really blame them; it must have been really odd to see him zone out in the middle of a conversation, especially one that was about him.
Inuyasha shook his head in hopes of getting rid of the slight haze clouding his vision. It had been there ever sense he had used the sacred jewel to save Kagome's life but after his little 'memory session' it seemed to be a lot worse.
He noticed the looks of concern on his friend's faces and decided to offer a little explanation.
"Err. Sorry. I'm fine, just a little tired." He lied.
"Are you sure?"
"Feh, I'm fine Sango. Besides it's Kagome we should be worrying about, I DID just turn her into a half-demon after all. We should be thinking of ways to get her back to normal."
"How many times do I have to tell you," Kagome was really frustrated, she hadn't been able to finish a single sentence this whole time and she only wanted to say one thing, " It ISN'T YOUR FAULT!! All you did was save my life in the only way you could; it's not your fault that the jewel seems to be very particular when it comes to wording."
"Feh, whatever."
"Aahhhh!!!!!" Kagome threw her arms up in annoyance, "You can be so infuriating some times Inuyasha!!"
Everyone knew that this conversation wasn't going anywhere and, frankly, they were getting tired of listening to Kagome and Inuyasha go around in circles.
"Why don't we all go to Kaede's? I'm almost positive she'd be able to do something, and if she can't she'd at least know someone who could."
"I agree with Sango, Kaede would be the most likely to help. But I suggest we set off soon, before she gets called away to another village."
"And let the whole village see me like this?!" Kagome indicated the changes in her appearance, "I don't think so Miroku."
Apparently Kagome still hadn't calmed down from her most recent exchange with Inuyasha.
"Well." Sango was afraid Kagome would explode again if she upset her any more.
" 'Well' what?!"
"Well, if you changed your clothes I'm almost positive that no one would recognize you. I mean, you've changed enough that you almost look like an entirely different person."
A deep, menacing sound was coming from Kagome's direction.
Surprisingly enough, Kagome was growling!! It would have been almost comical had she not sounded like she was just about to bite Sango's head off. But even with that, Inuyasha still keeled over laughing. He'd growled many times before when intimidating an enemy, but coming from sweet little Kagome, it was just absurd! Inuyasha was lucky he didn't die right then.
"It's NOT funny!!" Kagome scowled at Inuyasha, silencing him temporarily, "Fine," she threw up her hands in defeat, "We'll go see Kaede!" And with that Kagome stalked off to go change, leaving Inuyasha sitting there laughing his head off.
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A/N: I am offended. Why? Because no one's reading my stupid story!! Or at least no one's reviewing. All I ask in between chapters is like 4 or 5 reviews, and I get 2. 2 people!! You can do better than that! I mean, at this rate you're never gonna get any new chapters!! That or I'll end up ditching the story altogether. How about this; once I get 20 reviews I'll write an extra long chapter!! Will that get you to review? Please?? *makes pathetic face *
