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Chapter 3: Blood red eyes
Inuyasha stared curiously as the slender raven-haired girl took in her surroundings. He wondered what she was doing here at night where only the full moon and stars gave off their bright silver light, and the evening bugs chirped and chimed their end of day chorus. He also noticed her age. She was only like five, six, or maybe seven? She was a bit smaller and much shorter than him too.
He's never been close to anyone his own age, or even close to his age, human nor youkai, because of his features. While gazing at this strange human girl, his whole body and soul yearned to jump out. To show himself, to talk to her, to know what it's like to have someone to rely on, and to protect, because of course, she 'is' human. There was a word. One word. That summed it all up. To gather all the nice things about people who hold together for years. Who pick you up when you're down, and who look up to you.
Friendship.
Never has he ever had any other friendship with anyone else but his dear, human mother. And for some unusual reason this human girl seemed to catch him in a way that no one in the village ever has. His mother always told him there would be this special someone who would want to be with him and stand by his side forever. The question that was nagging him was-
Would it be..her?
Before he could even think twice at what he was doing, he came out from behind the gray massive boulder. And in an instant the human girl turned around to see him standing there on the other side of the steady stream. "What are you doing out here in the dark..all alone for that matter?" He asked in a stalking voice. He wanted to put a tough act on, and besides, why should he be nice to humans anyway? Even if this girl could be 'The one' that his mother was always talking about, you can't trust just any human.
The girl scrambled to her feet turning to run as fast as she could, but she looked back as if to see if he was really there. She intently gazed at him looking at him without blinking for moment. All of a sudden she gasped and her eyes went wide. Inuyasha was about to say something else before she ran off, but he heard something. Something behind the girl. His ears turned forward and twitched trying to pick up the faint sound. All his senses were alert and watchful.
They were coming. The footsteps were only a quarter mile away. He could hear their metal shields and chest plates clinking and their laughs of some joke. The guards were almost there on their night routs around the village perimeter.
Inuyasha knew if they saw him and the human girl there they would report it and there would be trouble. He could only think of one thing.
~*~
Kagome heard laughter behind her and she jerked her head to look back. The first thought that ran through her mind was, 'Kaede must have checked on me and saw I wasn't in my room. She must have sent out guards to find me!' She was starting to worry. If her mother hears that she was out at the river at night she would literally go berserk!
She turned her head back to see the other side of the river, which was now empty. The boy was gone, again. Every time she turned her back he would just disappear, like he was a spirit of some kind or..or..-
Kagome screeched as a hand covered her mouth and an arm was wrapped around her stomach firmly, pulling her to someone else's body. Her screams were muffled because the hand was holding onto her mouth so tightly that her cheeks were mashing against her teeth painfully. She struggled and wriggled, trying to get free of the person that was holding her so tightly.
"Mumf..mmurf..uhh!!" She tried to scream but they were faint and muffled. All of a sudden everything went blurry and the trees rushed by like the wind was carrying her. But it ended as fast as it had started. She opened her teary, brown eyes to see that she was on the other side of the river. She wriggled some more and brought her hands over the warm strong hand on her mouth and tried to pry the hand off. After noticing that who ever it was wasn't going to let go, she dug her little fingernails into the soft flesh of the hand. She felt her nails pierce through the flesh and suddenly felt a warm and thick liquid fill beneath her fingernails.
The person behind her winced and she heard a low agonized growl. She struggled even more noticing that the growl was not human, but the person or demon, hurriedly pulled her behind the massive boulder leaning against its rough surface. She saw silver locks of hair in the corner of her eye swaying in the wind, and she stopped struggling instantly. She went limp against him and she removed her nails from his hand, the warm liquid running down her hand, dripping little droplets onto the grass below.
She brought her hands up to her face and was shocked at what she saw.
Blood.
Lots of warm thick blood was like a bunch of tiny streams on her hands. She reached her hands up to touch the strange boys face, and a little drop of crimson blood dripped onto her nose. Her hands finally reached the soft flesh of the boy's cheeks and could feel the blood on her little hands smear onto his face. He jerked his head away and she dropped her hands to her side. She felt him bend and since she was being held against him she had to bend a little too. His face was near her ear and she tried to look at him in the corner of her eye.
"Shhhh..I'm not gonna hurt you. If I pull my hand away from your mouth, you must stay quiet. If you yell out, then the guards will hear you and we will be in a lot of danger." He whispered quietly but very sternly into Kagome's ear. Kagome quickly nodded her head, and the boy hesitantly pulled his hand away. A trickle of blood dripped from his injured hand and landed on Kagome's chin, running down her neck and into her kimono.
Kagome felt the blood droplet tickling her chest and mashed the front of her kimono on it. She watched as the blood left a stained red spot on her kimono. She stretched out her mouth, opening it up wide and moving her jaws to the side. Her cheeks were awfully numb from being mashed so hard against her teeth and she just knew they were extremely red. Kagome looked towards the boy, catching him peering out on the side of the boulder. He turned to her quickly, looking directly at her. It was the first time she has seen him this close, and his eyes. His eyes glowed a warm gold in the dark night, and they seemed to pierce right into her own. His eyes weren't ordinary. They were so..different. Never has she seen such eyes. No human would have eyes like those..would they?
Kagome stayed perfectly still, not knowing whether to walk up to him or to stay where she was. He soon walked up to her, and she saw the way his eyes seemed to tell how he was feeling. He wasn't comfortable that much she could see. But what had him so up tight? Oh wait! The guards! Has it really already been two hours? No, the guards couldn't be looking for her, they were laughing and talking. If they were searching for her they would be hollering out her name.
"The guards are a few yards away. Do not make a peep! If you do, who knows what could happen. You don't want to get hurt do you?" The boy asked her sternly like before, only this time she could see his glare. Kagome nodded again not wanting to say anything. He was kind of scary in a way she couldn't explain. The way his glare seemed to penetrate her, his looks.. Kagome gasped.
She studied him and noticed his ears, they were..dog ears? But how..another gasp. He also had deadly sharp claws on his hands!! He's not human after all!! 'I thought they called him a "half breed" to just be plain mean and cruel!' Kagome thought, her eyes somewhat wide and her mouth slightly opened.
"You're..You're.. not.." Kagome started to take a few steps back, suddenly aware of the way he flexed his claws. The boy looked at her alarmed and tried to take a few hesitant steps towards her, but stopped abruptly.
"No! I mean, don't..run away." He said softly reaching out a hand to her. Kagome only stared at him awkwardly. She then noticed the bloody half crescent wounds on his hands, and watched as some drops of blood dripped down to the dark grass. Before either of them could say another word there was a male voice that rang out.
"Whose there?!" The air went silent and the boy looked at Kagome pleadingly, saying 'Please don't call out. Please don't run away and show yourself to them.'
The boy slowly took a quiet step towards her, standing on his tip-toes as to not make so much sound. He watched Kagome intently as he did so and hoped she wouldn't scream. She didn't.
"Hey we know you're out there! Show your self!!" The other male voice hollered out echoing in the distance. Kagome watched as the boy put his pointer finger to his lips to keep her shushed, and he whispered so lightly that she leaned forward to her him.
"Please, stay here and don't move. I need to get these stupid guards on their way. They know we are here, so stay here and I will come back." He whispered and turned around and grabbed the pail by its thin metal handle. The pail clinked and she watched helplessly as he came out from behind the boulder. She watched peeking out on the other side of the boulder as the boy walked up to the slowly rushing river, and to the guards who gave him a dirty look.
The boy kept his head down, not even looking at the men in front of him. When he approached the riverside, the guards on the other side smirked.
"So you little beast, what are you doin out here? Where's your mommy?!" One of the guards asked and they both broke into a fit of laughter. Kagome glared at them and suddenly felt sorry for the boy again. She watched as the boy didn't even pay any attention to them and bent over and dumped the metal pail into the moving water. When the pail filled with spring water from the mountains he pulled the pail up and turned to walk back.
"Hey! Tell your mommy that loving a half-breed must be hard and that we think that she should just dump you off somewhere! You don't deserve to live here in this world! There's no place for ya kid, you hear me?" The other guard stated, bending over and grabbing a rock and threw it at the boy. But it merely landed at his feet.
Kagome watched horrified at what the guard had said. She just wanted to run out and beat the guards in the chest with her fists, and kick them in the shins and anything possible to get back at them. That boy had every right to live in this world, even though he is a half-breed. Just like every other living thing has a right to live. Kagome watched as the boy stopped, but didn't turn to look at the guards. His head was bent staring at the ground focusing hard on the rock at his feet. His hand clutched the handle of the pail so hard, that his knuckles bleached white and the wounds on his hands gushed more blood. The red hot blood ran down his hand, gliding down the thin round metal handle and dripped into the water in the pail. Once the blood hit the water it exploded into little bitty looking veins, then mixed in with the water giving it a slight red tint.
His face tightened and scrunched with anger and fury and he felt his blood boiling in his veins. His eyes felt like they were burning, as if on fire, but he soon took in a deep breath and looked up giving the guards a fierce glare. The guards looked at him and when they saw his glare they backed away, stumbling, fear and horror etched across their features. The boy's eyes were no longer gold but a blood red.
The guards turned and made their selves way back to the village. The boy walked back toward the boulder that Kagome was standing behind and dropped the pail to the ground, making it fall over and slosh out across the grass. Kagome saw him staring at her and she gasped. She tried to back away from him but slipped and fell on her rear. He was getting closer to her and she covered her eyes with her hands, but felt blood smear on her lips. His blood. She pulled her hands away and her eyes went wide.
He was on his knees in front of her and he stared directly into her eyes. They were still blood red and when he blinked and shook his head the blood disappeared from his eyes and they were a glowing gold again. He reached out and layed his hand on Kagome's knee, and Kagome winced and squinted her eyes shut. When she opened them again she saw him smiling.
"I'll take you home." He said gently standing up and holding out his hand to her. Kagome reached out and grabbed his hand glad that she would be able to go home. No matter who took her.
Well, sorry it's been so long!! I will be taking a break from my other story and update this one for a while. Plz REVIEW!!! Well ja ne!!
Well I hope you like this chapter!! Enjoy!!
Chapter 3: Blood red eyes
Inuyasha stared curiously as the slender raven-haired girl took in her surroundings. He wondered what she was doing here at night where only the full moon and stars gave off their bright silver light, and the evening bugs chirped and chimed their end of day chorus. He also noticed her age. She was only like five, six, or maybe seven? She was a bit smaller and much shorter than him too.
He's never been close to anyone his own age, or even close to his age, human nor youkai, because of his features. While gazing at this strange human girl, his whole body and soul yearned to jump out. To show himself, to talk to her, to know what it's like to have someone to rely on, and to protect, because of course, she 'is' human. There was a word. One word. That summed it all up. To gather all the nice things about people who hold together for years. Who pick you up when you're down, and who look up to you.
Friendship.
Never has he ever had any other friendship with anyone else but his dear, human mother. And for some unusual reason this human girl seemed to catch him in a way that no one in the village ever has. His mother always told him there would be this special someone who would want to be with him and stand by his side forever. The question that was nagging him was-
Would it be..her?
Before he could even think twice at what he was doing, he came out from behind the gray massive boulder. And in an instant the human girl turned around to see him standing there on the other side of the steady stream. "What are you doing out here in the dark..all alone for that matter?" He asked in a stalking voice. He wanted to put a tough act on, and besides, why should he be nice to humans anyway? Even if this girl could be 'The one' that his mother was always talking about, you can't trust just any human.
The girl scrambled to her feet turning to run as fast as she could, but she looked back as if to see if he was really there. She intently gazed at him looking at him without blinking for moment. All of a sudden she gasped and her eyes went wide. Inuyasha was about to say something else before she ran off, but he heard something. Something behind the girl. His ears turned forward and twitched trying to pick up the faint sound. All his senses were alert and watchful.
They were coming. The footsteps were only a quarter mile away. He could hear their metal shields and chest plates clinking and their laughs of some joke. The guards were almost there on their night routs around the village perimeter.
Inuyasha knew if they saw him and the human girl there they would report it and there would be trouble. He could only think of one thing.
~*~
Kagome heard laughter behind her and she jerked her head to look back. The first thought that ran through her mind was, 'Kaede must have checked on me and saw I wasn't in my room. She must have sent out guards to find me!' She was starting to worry. If her mother hears that she was out at the river at night she would literally go berserk!
She turned her head back to see the other side of the river, which was now empty. The boy was gone, again. Every time she turned her back he would just disappear, like he was a spirit of some kind or..or..-
Kagome screeched as a hand covered her mouth and an arm was wrapped around her stomach firmly, pulling her to someone else's body. Her screams were muffled because the hand was holding onto her mouth so tightly that her cheeks were mashing against her teeth painfully. She struggled and wriggled, trying to get free of the person that was holding her so tightly.
"Mumf..mmurf..uhh!!" She tried to scream but they were faint and muffled. All of a sudden everything went blurry and the trees rushed by like the wind was carrying her. But it ended as fast as it had started. She opened her teary, brown eyes to see that she was on the other side of the river. She wriggled some more and brought her hands over the warm strong hand on her mouth and tried to pry the hand off. After noticing that who ever it was wasn't going to let go, she dug her little fingernails into the soft flesh of the hand. She felt her nails pierce through the flesh and suddenly felt a warm and thick liquid fill beneath her fingernails.
The person behind her winced and she heard a low agonized growl. She struggled even more noticing that the growl was not human, but the person or demon, hurriedly pulled her behind the massive boulder leaning against its rough surface. She saw silver locks of hair in the corner of her eye swaying in the wind, and she stopped struggling instantly. She went limp against him and she removed her nails from his hand, the warm liquid running down her hand, dripping little droplets onto the grass below.
She brought her hands up to her face and was shocked at what she saw.
Blood.
Lots of warm thick blood was like a bunch of tiny streams on her hands. She reached her hands up to touch the strange boys face, and a little drop of crimson blood dripped onto her nose. Her hands finally reached the soft flesh of the boy's cheeks and could feel the blood on her little hands smear onto his face. He jerked his head away and she dropped her hands to her side. She felt him bend and since she was being held against him she had to bend a little too. His face was near her ear and she tried to look at him in the corner of her eye.
"Shhhh..I'm not gonna hurt you. If I pull my hand away from your mouth, you must stay quiet. If you yell out, then the guards will hear you and we will be in a lot of danger." He whispered quietly but very sternly into Kagome's ear. Kagome quickly nodded her head, and the boy hesitantly pulled his hand away. A trickle of blood dripped from his injured hand and landed on Kagome's chin, running down her neck and into her kimono.
Kagome felt the blood droplet tickling her chest and mashed the front of her kimono on it. She watched as the blood left a stained red spot on her kimono. She stretched out her mouth, opening it up wide and moving her jaws to the side. Her cheeks were awfully numb from being mashed so hard against her teeth and she just knew they were extremely red. Kagome looked towards the boy, catching him peering out on the side of the boulder. He turned to her quickly, looking directly at her. It was the first time she has seen him this close, and his eyes. His eyes glowed a warm gold in the dark night, and they seemed to pierce right into her own. His eyes weren't ordinary. They were so..different. Never has she seen such eyes. No human would have eyes like those..would they?
Kagome stayed perfectly still, not knowing whether to walk up to him or to stay where she was. He soon walked up to her, and she saw the way his eyes seemed to tell how he was feeling. He wasn't comfortable that much she could see. But what had him so up tight? Oh wait! The guards! Has it really already been two hours? No, the guards couldn't be looking for her, they were laughing and talking. If they were searching for her they would be hollering out her name.
"The guards are a few yards away. Do not make a peep! If you do, who knows what could happen. You don't want to get hurt do you?" The boy asked her sternly like before, only this time she could see his glare. Kagome nodded again not wanting to say anything. He was kind of scary in a way she couldn't explain. The way his glare seemed to penetrate her, his looks.. Kagome gasped.
She studied him and noticed his ears, they were..dog ears? But how..another gasp. He also had deadly sharp claws on his hands!! He's not human after all!! 'I thought they called him a "half breed" to just be plain mean and cruel!' Kagome thought, her eyes somewhat wide and her mouth slightly opened.
"You're..You're.. not.." Kagome started to take a few steps back, suddenly aware of the way he flexed his claws. The boy looked at her alarmed and tried to take a few hesitant steps towards her, but stopped abruptly.
"No! I mean, don't..run away." He said softly reaching out a hand to her. Kagome only stared at him awkwardly. She then noticed the bloody half crescent wounds on his hands, and watched as some drops of blood dripped down to the dark grass. Before either of them could say another word there was a male voice that rang out.
"Whose there?!" The air went silent and the boy looked at Kagome pleadingly, saying 'Please don't call out. Please don't run away and show yourself to them.'
The boy slowly took a quiet step towards her, standing on his tip-toes as to not make so much sound. He watched Kagome intently as he did so and hoped she wouldn't scream. She didn't.
"Hey we know you're out there! Show your self!!" The other male voice hollered out echoing in the distance. Kagome watched as the boy put his pointer finger to his lips to keep her shushed, and he whispered so lightly that she leaned forward to her him.
"Please, stay here and don't move. I need to get these stupid guards on their way. They know we are here, so stay here and I will come back." He whispered and turned around and grabbed the pail by its thin metal handle. The pail clinked and she watched helplessly as he came out from behind the boulder. She watched peeking out on the other side of the boulder as the boy walked up to the slowly rushing river, and to the guards who gave him a dirty look.
The boy kept his head down, not even looking at the men in front of him. When he approached the riverside, the guards on the other side smirked.
"So you little beast, what are you doin out here? Where's your mommy?!" One of the guards asked and they both broke into a fit of laughter. Kagome glared at them and suddenly felt sorry for the boy again. She watched as the boy didn't even pay any attention to them and bent over and dumped the metal pail into the moving water. When the pail filled with spring water from the mountains he pulled the pail up and turned to walk back.
"Hey! Tell your mommy that loving a half-breed must be hard and that we think that she should just dump you off somewhere! You don't deserve to live here in this world! There's no place for ya kid, you hear me?" The other guard stated, bending over and grabbing a rock and threw it at the boy. But it merely landed at his feet.
Kagome watched horrified at what the guard had said. She just wanted to run out and beat the guards in the chest with her fists, and kick them in the shins and anything possible to get back at them. That boy had every right to live in this world, even though he is a half-breed. Just like every other living thing has a right to live. Kagome watched as the boy stopped, but didn't turn to look at the guards. His head was bent staring at the ground focusing hard on the rock at his feet. His hand clutched the handle of the pail so hard, that his knuckles bleached white and the wounds on his hands gushed more blood. The red hot blood ran down his hand, gliding down the thin round metal handle and dripped into the water in the pail. Once the blood hit the water it exploded into little bitty looking veins, then mixed in with the water giving it a slight red tint.
His face tightened and scrunched with anger and fury and he felt his blood boiling in his veins. His eyes felt like they were burning, as if on fire, but he soon took in a deep breath and looked up giving the guards a fierce glare. The guards looked at him and when they saw his glare they backed away, stumbling, fear and horror etched across their features. The boy's eyes were no longer gold but a blood red.
The guards turned and made their selves way back to the village. The boy walked back toward the boulder that Kagome was standing behind and dropped the pail to the ground, making it fall over and slosh out across the grass. Kagome saw him staring at her and she gasped. She tried to back away from him but slipped and fell on her rear. He was getting closer to her and she covered her eyes with her hands, but felt blood smear on her lips. His blood. She pulled her hands away and her eyes went wide.
He was on his knees in front of her and he stared directly into her eyes. They were still blood red and when he blinked and shook his head the blood disappeared from his eyes and they were a glowing gold again. He reached out and layed his hand on Kagome's knee, and Kagome winced and squinted her eyes shut. When she opened them again she saw him smiling.
"I'll take you home." He said gently standing up and holding out his hand to her. Kagome reached out and grabbed his hand glad that she would be able to go home. No matter who took her.
Well, sorry it's been so long!! I will be taking a break from my other story and update this one for a while. Plz REVIEW!!! Well ja ne!!