Author's Note: This chapter is really short. Sorry guys! But there's a method of this madness. This is a… like a starter for the ending of this story. I think that the last real chapter will be the next one, but then there will be an epilogue. So in all, about 15 chapters. At least, that's how I plan it… we'll see if it works out this way. Thanks for waiting for this update. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: Foxterr's theory Do we really own anything? I know I don't…
My Will
Chapter 13: He Has Come
"There was blood everywhere. I tried to see through the crack in the door, but all I could see was… blood," InuYasha sat by the cold metal door to Kagome's room, his back leaning up against it. Slowly, he closed his eyes shut tight and rested his head against the door. Slight shifting sounds of rough cloth could be heard from the other side, indicating that Kagome was still awake and listening to him.
"When I was sure that he was gone, I came out of the closet," He squeezed his eyes shut tighter, feeling a burning sensation in the back of his throat, "They were dead… That man killed them. I'll never forget what he looked like, because I saw his face right before he left. The look in his eyes… I could tell how much he loved killing."
"InuYasha…" Kagome said soothingly from inside the dark room. She put her hand up against the door, wishing that she could be there to comfort him, to hug the boy and tell him that everything would be all right.
"It took me ten years to find him again. I wandered the streets for a good three of those years just searching for that face in the shadows… Sometimes I'd sleep in the alleys, sometimes I wouldn't sleep at all." InuYasha swallowed. He found that it was becoming harder and harder to fight back the urge to sob.
"I found him about two years ago one night. He wasn't actually murdering at the time. In fact, he was there in the court room after I was arrested, dressed like some kind of businessman," InuYasha winced at the very thought, "I wish every day that I had killed him. To get him back for… for killing my father and mother. Instead I ended up here."
InuYasha squeezed the broken pink marble that he had been rolling between his fingers. He could hear Kagome softly sobbing on the other side of the door. She was crying for him?
"Kagome… please don't cry," He whispered, turning his face towards the crack to be heard.
Inside, Kagome shook her head, "I'm sorry, InuYasha," She choked out, trying to suppress her sobs, "I can't even begin to understand how much that must have hurt…" She could feel the pain in her throat begin to move upwards as her head began to ache. Curling up in a ball underneath the door, Kagome pleaded softly, "Stay here with me tonight, InuYasha?"
InuYasha shifted to make himself slightly more comfortable against the door. "Alright," He said simply, "Goodnight."
After a few minutes, Kagome heard his breathing become even. She, however, remained wide-awake. The pain at her temples was enough to drive her insane, or at least farther in the deep end than she already was.
"Kagome…"Kagome sprang up. He was there again. She glanced around the room frantically, making sure that he wasn't hiding in the shadows. "What… what do you want?" She finally managed to say, fear gripping at her very soul.
"I need you to do something for me, Kagome. I'll let you out of there. Would you like that?"
The girl felt new fear rising in her chest. Was he in the hospital? She had deemed those visions of her opening the back door for him as a delirious dream. But what if…
"Please, don't…"
"Don't what, Kagome? I don't plan on killing anyone but you tonight. After you do my little favor that is…now just sit there and wait for me."
As Kagome felt the headache ebb away, she sat heavily onto the floor with a desperate groan. Placing her face in her hands, she began to weep with unrestrained abandon.
"Please don't hurt InuYasha…"
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The shadow man crept up the stairs, silently stepping over each one. His eyes seemed to glow as he crept amidst the darkness, never showing his face. Coming to a large, looming metal door, he opened it carefully, stealing a glance at the hallway that lay beyond it.
He slunk into the room, letting the door close quietly behind him. Creeping in the shadows, he darted over to the nurse's station, melting in the darkness. There was the glint of metal as a ring of keys was lifted, and pulled away. The shadow man had all that he could do to resist the temptation to kill.
Creeping from door to door, the shadow man found the one that he desired. A boy was sitting underneath it, sleeping soundly, his long silver hair shining in the slight moonlight that lit through the small windows near the ceiling. The shadow man hesitated a moment, as if contemplating something.
Soon, he pushed the sleeping boy aside and knocked lightly on the door.
"Kagome, wake up. I know you're watching me."
With a start, Kagome started awake. She lay sprawled out on the floor of her room. She could hear scuffling outside her door. Gasping, she stood up and backed away, for there was a tall shadow looming beyond.
She could hear the rustle of keys and the soft click of the lock turning. As the door opened slowly, the shadow man crept in, a devious glint in his eyes.
Kagome backed away from him towards the barred window on the opposite wall. "Where's InuYasha?" She asked, feeling her back touch the cold barrier. She was trapped.
"Who?" Asked the man, taking a step towards her.
Kagome simply shook her head at him, her wide eyes holding only fear. If this man did not know who InuYasha was, she wasn't about to tell him.
Suddenly, the man began to reach towards her. Kagome winced and pressed her body as close to the wall as she could, shutting her eyes tightly. She expected the worse, but nothing came.
"Come with me," Said the man, offering his hand to her. Kagome eyed it a moment before shaking her head. The shadow man shrugged and turned towards the door, beckoning for her to follow.
Kagome swallowed hard. Slowly, she crossed the length of the room, and stepped out into the hallway.
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Extra Author's Note: Told you it was short! Well, please review anyway! The more reviews I get, the more inspired I'll be to come out with the next chapter. And if you're interested, I put up a new story a few days ago. It's a Rurouni Kenshin AU called, "Your Azure Eyes," Check it out on my profile. Thanks, and REVIEW, please!!!