SLOW HEALING WOUNDS - PART TWO
By Kagekiss
Disclaimer: Inuyasha is © Copyright of Rumiko Takahashi / Shogakukan, Sunrise, Yomiuri
TV 2000 and TCN. The following is for entertainment only.
Note: I changed the beginning of this chapter because it just didn't feel right. This is a little pointless, but don't worry, it's only meant to help lead up to the more... um... meaningful events. Sorry for the confusion ^^() Chapter three comes in a few days!
Inuyasha stalked towards the house, his arms folded traditional stile in front of him, ears back and eyes lowered. He didn't know why he snapped like that all the time. It had just been a natural defense since he could remember. Even when he was too small to reach his mothers waist the villagers had given him hell.
Being an asshole was the only way he knew to keep from getting hurt. It didn't seem to work with Kagome though. He'd yell at her to the point of where other people would run away, but even though he'd made her cry more then once she was still there... and he was still being affected by it.
Looking up he saw Kagome's mother and little brother through the open door. They were in the dining room. It smelt like she was cooking something and letting the little boy help. He smiled just a bit. The kid was lucky...
"Inuyasha!"
He looked over his shoulder. Kagome was trying to climb over the little fence that separated the trees from the cement floor of the shrine. From the look on her face, she was either going to yell at him or treat him like a baby again. He wasn't in the mood for either.
He headed around the house, not sure where he was going, but wanting to be alone for a while. He came to a little patio near the shed that Kagome's ancestors had built to hide the well. At first glance he ignored it, it was as common to him as a garage, but he blinked and strained his human ears, listening. Growling softly he walked to the shed, placing his right ear against the door.
"Hn?"
Pulling the door open, Inuyasha stepped inside, prepared to rip something apart. He had heard chanting in Japanese and although he wasn't sure what any of it meant, he didn't want anyone messing with the well. However, the second he stepped inside, he was struck in the face and fell flat.
When he sat up, he had a scroll sticker glued on his four head, and with an annoyed growl he pulled it off and flicked it to the side. Kagome's grandpa sat on the floor, in his priest kimono, looking at him.
"What's the big idea, old man?!" He snapped angrily, the little scroll sticking to his fingers as he repeatedly tried to flick it off.
"Don't tell me my scrolls don't work again!" The old man cried, reaching to take it from the hanyo, and looking over the kanji as if trying to find some error that could have kept it from having its desired effect.
"I wouldn't know right now," Inuyasha grumbled. "I'm immune until morning anyway."
"How's that, my boy?"
Inuyasha sighed and scratched the back of his head. It seemed like Kagome had failed to tell her family WHY they were staying the night... and he really didn't want to explain it, especially to an old man who thought he was a priest. He acted more like a monk.
"I just am, okay?" He groaned, then added, "what are you doing in here, old man?"
"I'm performing a ceremony to prevent demons from passing through the porta-"
Inuyasha blinked, then jumped up, his eyes wide and he roared, "WHAT?! ARE YOU COMPLEATLY BRAIN DEAD!!? That's my only ticket home!!"
Kagome's grandpa sat there calmly, looking up at the angry hanyo. He waited until Inuyasha stopped yelling, and then shook his head. "No, you dont understand," he explained. "Im not going to leave them there, its just last time you and Kagome both came here, that hair demon followed you. I'm just protecting my family. When you two are ready to return, I'll take the scrolls off."
Inuyasha sighed, still growling softly, but he nodded once in acceptance.
"One more thing young man."
"What?" Inuyasha raised an eyebrow.
The old man grabbed the human Inuyasha's jet-black hair and tugged on it. "Wasn't this white an hour ago?"
"Augh!!" Inuyasha snarled and jerked his head away, rubbing his scalp. He stood up and walked out of the little shed, clenching his jaw and cursing under his breath.
***
"Kagome! Come inside! Dinner's almost ready!"
The girl looked over her shoulder to her mother, sighing, and glancing about once more to look for Inuyasha before turning and going inside the house. She was always wondering why he acted the way he did... she knew that it had a lot to do with his being half demon, but it wasn't natural... it had been caused because others discriminated against him. Kikyo betrayed him, his brother hated him, and his parents were killed over it. She felt bad for him, but every time she tried to help he pushed her away.
She sighed, and muttered to herself as she walked into her room. "Dammit Inuyasha..."
"What did I do now?"
"Eugh!!" Kagome yelped, startled, and jumped back. Looking up she saw her demonic friend sitting on the window seat. "Don't do that! You scared me!"
He just shrugged and looked at her. She sighed. Maybe she had been imagining things when she thought he was nicer to her last month. But she hadn't imagined all the stuff he'd said, had she? He'd been poisoned, so that could have a lot to do with it.
She blinked, realizing that he was still staring at her. She couldn't get over how different he looked as a human. He still had the same face... same expression even... same body, and same haircut... but his hair was black and his eyes... his eyes were so different...
"What the hell?" Inuyasha raised an eyebrow at her. "You come in here cussing at me, and now what's with the look? Are you gonna tell me what I did wrong or what?"
"Nothing," Kagome sighed, frustrated. Then she sat down on her bed and leaned back, looking at him. He continued to sit there and look at her, and she smiled a little. "You wanna go for a walk?"
"Why?"
"Well... you're always asking me about the stuff in my time. I thought we could go and see some of it close up."
"Can we see a rocket?" Inuyasha's ears perked up, remembering the first time she told him about traveling to the moon.
"Uh... no. I dont know where that is, and its kinda, like... err... guarded? Only the people that work there can go in. But there's no school tomorrow so we can stay up late."
He looked a bit disappointed, and she sighed, knowing how obsessed Sota was with that's sort of thing... must be a guy thing. "Tell ya what... Next time they have a launch, I'll try and find out where it is and we can take the train to see it, or we could just watch it on TV."
"What's a TV?"
"Never mind." Kagome sighed, and stood up, walking to the door then looking at him. "Come on, dinners probably ready."
They both walked downstairs, and she was surprised by how quiet he was. Looking at him, she actually saw him smile. She hadn't realized he would be so interested in her promise to see something that common. Guess it wasn't common to him though. By all laws of nature, he shouldn't even exist in this time...
She sat down next to her mother, and surprisingly, Inuyasha plopped down right next to her. She blinked. "Guess you're exited then, huh?"
Inuyasha looked at her and shrugged.
Kagome's mother looked up from where she was serving some rice to Sota. "Exited about what?"
"I promised Inuyasha that next time they have a launch, I'd bring him to see it."
Sota's eyes widened and he tugged on his mother's sleeve. "I wanna go too mom!"
His mother shook her head, "no, I don't think that would be a good idea Sota. The nearest place they do that is several hours away, and Kagome's in 9th grade. She's old enough to ride the train alone, but you aren't."
"But Inuyasha gets to go!"
"Inuyasha is a guest, Sota!" Kagome pointed out, giving her little brother that "butt out" look.
A miniature argument broke out between the three of them, with comments such as "He's 18, he's an adult" and "that's why he can't sleep in your room" and "I wanna see the rocket" and two counts of "MOM!!!"
Inuyasha and Kagome's grandpa were the only ones not involved. Both sat with their arms folded, eyes closed, and with little beads of sweat on the sides of their faces as the others yelled and bickered.
-End Chapter 2-
By Kagekiss
Disclaimer: Inuyasha is © Copyright of Rumiko Takahashi / Shogakukan, Sunrise, Yomiuri
TV 2000 and TCN. The following is for entertainment only.
Note: I changed the beginning of this chapter because it just didn't feel right. This is a little pointless, but don't worry, it's only meant to help lead up to the more... um... meaningful events. Sorry for the confusion ^^() Chapter three comes in a few days!
Inuyasha stalked towards the house, his arms folded traditional stile in front of him, ears back and eyes lowered. He didn't know why he snapped like that all the time. It had just been a natural defense since he could remember. Even when he was too small to reach his mothers waist the villagers had given him hell.
Being an asshole was the only way he knew to keep from getting hurt. It didn't seem to work with Kagome though. He'd yell at her to the point of where other people would run away, but even though he'd made her cry more then once she was still there... and he was still being affected by it.
Looking up he saw Kagome's mother and little brother through the open door. They were in the dining room. It smelt like she was cooking something and letting the little boy help. He smiled just a bit. The kid was lucky...
"Inuyasha!"
He looked over his shoulder. Kagome was trying to climb over the little fence that separated the trees from the cement floor of the shrine. From the look on her face, she was either going to yell at him or treat him like a baby again. He wasn't in the mood for either.
He headed around the house, not sure where he was going, but wanting to be alone for a while. He came to a little patio near the shed that Kagome's ancestors had built to hide the well. At first glance he ignored it, it was as common to him as a garage, but he blinked and strained his human ears, listening. Growling softly he walked to the shed, placing his right ear against the door.
"Hn?"
Pulling the door open, Inuyasha stepped inside, prepared to rip something apart. He had heard chanting in Japanese and although he wasn't sure what any of it meant, he didn't want anyone messing with the well. However, the second he stepped inside, he was struck in the face and fell flat.
When he sat up, he had a scroll sticker glued on his four head, and with an annoyed growl he pulled it off and flicked it to the side. Kagome's grandpa sat on the floor, in his priest kimono, looking at him.
"What's the big idea, old man?!" He snapped angrily, the little scroll sticking to his fingers as he repeatedly tried to flick it off.
"Don't tell me my scrolls don't work again!" The old man cried, reaching to take it from the hanyo, and looking over the kanji as if trying to find some error that could have kept it from having its desired effect.
"I wouldn't know right now," Inuyasha grumbled. "I'm immune until morning anyway."
"How's that, my boy?"
Inuyasha sighed and scratched the back of his head. It seemed like Kagome had failed to tell her family WHY they were staying the night... and he really didn't want to explain it, especially to an old man who thought he was a priest. He acted more like a monk.
"I just am, okay?" He groaned, then added, "what are you doing in here, old man?"
"I'm performing a ceremony to prevent demons from passing through the porta-"
Inuyasha blinked, then jumped up, his eyes wide and he roared, "WHAT?! ARE YOU COMPLEATLY BRAIN DEAD!!? That's my only ticket home!!"
Kagome's grandpa sat there calmly, looking up at the angry hanyo. He waited until Inuyasha stopped yelling, and then shook his head. "No, you dont understand," he explained. "Im not going to leave them there, its just last time you and Kagome both came here, that hair demon followed you. I'm just protecting my family. When you two are ready to return, I'll take the scrolls off."
Inuyasha sighed, still growling softly, but he nodded once in acceptance.
"One more thing young man."
"What?" Inuyasha raised an eyebrow.
The old man grabbed the human Inuyasha's jet-black hair and tugged on it. "Wasn't this white an hour ago?"
"Augh!!" Inuyasha snarled and jerked his head away, rubbing his scalp. He stood up and walked out of the little shed, clenching his jaw and cursing under his breath.
***
"Kagome! Come inside! Dinner's almost ready!"
The girl looked over her shoulder to her mother, sighing, and glancing about once more to look for Inuyasha before turning and going inside the house. She was always wondering why he acted the way he did... she knew that it had a lot to do with his being half demon, but it wasn't natural... it had been caused because others discriminated against him. Kikyo betrayed him, his brother hated him, and his parents were killed over it. She felt bad for him, but every time she tried to help he pushed her away.
She sighed, and muttered to herself as she walked into her room. "Dammit Inuyasha..."
"What did I do now?"
"Eugh!!" Kagome yelped, startled, and jumped back. Looking up she saw her demonic friend sitting on the window seat. "Don't do that! You scared me!"
He just shrugged and looked at her. She sighed. Maybe she had been imagining things when she thought he was nicer to her last month. But she hadn't imagined all the stuff he'd said, had she? He'd been poisoned, so that could have a lot to do with it.
She blinked, realizing that he was still staring at her. She couldn't get over how different he looked as a human. He still had the same face... same expression even... same body, and same haircut... but his hair was black and his eyes... his eyes were so different...
"What the hell?" Inuyasha raised an eyebrow at her. "You come in here cussing at me, and now what's with the look? Are you gonna tell me what I did wrong or what?"
"Nothing," Kagome sighed, frustrated. Then she sat down on her bed and leaned back, looking at him. He continued to sit there and look at her, and she smiled a little. "You wanna go for a walk?"
"Why?"
"Well... you're always asking me about the stuff in my time. I thought we could go and see some of it close up."
"Can we see a rocket?" Inuyasha's ears perked up, remembering the first time she told him about traveling to the moon.
"Uh... no. I dont know where that is, and its kinda, like... err... guarded? Only the people that work there can go in. But there's no school tomorrow so we can stay up late."
He looked a bit disappointed, and she sighed, knowing how obsessed Sota was with that's sort of thing... must be a guy thing. "Tell ya what... Next time they have a launch, I'll try and find out where it is and we can take the train to see it, or we could just watch it on TV."
"What's a TV?"
"Never mind." Kagome sighed, and stood up, walking to the door then looking at him. "Come on, dinners probably ready."
They both walked downstairs, and she was surprised by how quiet he was. Looking at him, she actually saw him smile. She hadn't realized he would be so interested in her promise to see something that common. Guess it wasn't common to him though. By all laws of nature, he shouldn't even exist in this time...
She sat down next to her mother, and surprisingly, Inuyasha plopped down right next to her. She blinked. "Guess you're exited then, huh?"
Inuyasha looked at her and shrugged.
Kagome's mother looked up from where she was serving some rice to Sota. "Exited about what?"
"I promised Inuyasha that next time they have a launch, I'd bring him to see it."
Sota's eyes widened and he tugged on his mother's sleeve. "I wanna go too mom!"
His mother shook her head, "no, I don't think that would be a good idea Sota. The nearest place they do that is several hours away, and Kagome's in 9th grade. She's old enough to ride the train alone, but you aren't."
"But Inuyasha gets to go!"
"Inuyasha is a guest, Sota!" Kagome pointed out, giving her little brother that "butt out" look.
A miniature argument broke out between the three of them, with comments such as "He's 18, he's an adult" and "that's why he can't sleep in your room" and "I wanna see the rocket" and two counts of "MOM!!!"
Inuyasha and Kagome's grandpa were the only ones not involved. Both sat with their arms folded, eyes closed, and with little beads of sweat on the sides of their faces as the others yelled and bickered.
-End Chapter 2-