Chapter Ten: Brother
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"Shadows stir at night, through a crack in the door... the echo of a broken child, screaming 'please no more!'
I'm Ok Christina Aguilera
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For a long time, Kagome's world was eclipsed in darkness.
She really didn't want to wake up though, mostly because she was afraid of what she would find. She dimly wondered if she was back in her own bed, Hichi's filthy body hugging her own naked form.
Then again maybe she was still lying unconscious on the dying yellow grass. When she finally did have the courage to open up her eyes, they focused on something not expected.
Kagome found herself in a room where the sun ricochets of the white walls. It seemed to be a living room mostly because there was a large TV, wood coffee table, and many discarded DVD boxes. Looking towards the window she saw they had decent blue curtains on them.
"I see you awake." A familiar voice to her left came.
Inuyasha walked into the room with a towel over his left shoulder. He was carrying a large box that had a red cross on it. He was wearing a worn-in orange boxing shirt and a pair of blue jeans.
"Where am I? What am I doing here?" Kagome gasped out, trying to push herself into a sitting position, but flinching from the immense pain the motion caused her.
"I wouldn't sit up." He told her, kneeling next to the couch and putting the first aid box on the coffee table. "You're at my house. I found you collapsed in your yard. Damn girl- you're fucking beat up..." He told her, opening the box and taking some more bandages out.
She found that she was already quite bandaged, and that she had no shirt on. She didn't really care though. She was really too weak.
"Wow, never would have guess." She retorted, though with no real anger in her words. Inuyasha then helped her into a sitting position and took of the worn bandages. Kagome was shocked to see many, many cuts all over her whole front side. They mixed and mingled with the many bruises and self-afflicted wounds.
"Are you just trying to peep at my sexy body?" She asked when he took the bandages off her breasts, setting them to his side. He raised an eyebrow and his lips curved upward ever so slightly.
"You wish."
Kagome looked back over to the window and felt her eyes glaze over with hot tears. She held them back though, because it would be an even greater loss of dignity if she cried in front of him.
"You were right again." She then whispered, her voice sounding rather harsh.
"What d'ya mean?" he asked, looking into her eyes and feeling unpaid guilt. He could clearly see she was having an pretty bad emotional breakdown and was about to cry. 'Damn' he though idly, 'I hate it when girls cry.'
"He did give me what I deserved."
Inuyasha this time felt his whole body go ridged. Reprimanding himself for what seemed to be the thousandth time, he still couldn't believe he had fucking told her that.
"::You fucking dirty slut! I hope whoever gave you those scars and bruises gave you what you deserve!::"
Inuyasha suddenly felt like there was a large rock jammed into his throat. He watched as Kagome brought her hands to her face and started crying softly. Doing the only thing he guessed what comforting, he wrapped his arm around her wounded body.
To his surprise, she clasped herself to his shirt and cried a little harder. Inuyasha rubbed her back in small circled and whispered soothing words. After a little while, he picked her worn out form and took her to his room.
It was a bit larger than Kagome's and looked very male.
He had a double bed with a red comforter and gray sheets. On a night stand was a picture of his dead mother, along with one of him and Sesshoumaru smiling at Shipwreak Beach on Lanai during a surf competition.
Kagome saw these pictures, and looked around. He guessed she was trying to find the picture of the old man she had been clinging to so desperately. He dropped her on his bed and walked out of the room. He grabbed the picture, (which he had set on the kitchen counter), and brought it to her.
She mumbled a small thanks and stared at the picture, before setting it on his nightstand. Kagome had stopped crying, and Inuyasha was for some part relieved.
"Inuyasha?" She asked very meekly, not at all sounding like the strong, stubborn Kagome Higurashi he was used to.
"Yah?"
"Will you stay with me?"
He looked at her and laughed slightly. He got to the other side of the bed, and opened the covers, scooting over to Kagome. She pulled herself to him and nuzzled her nose into his chest. Inuyasha smiled a little and wrapped his arms around her again. He couldn't help but feel the irony that only about 9 days ago; he hated her so much, and thought she was a dirty fucking slut. Now she was in his bed, completely beaten and slashed, trembling slightly in his arms.
I guess that's the way life sometimes works.
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Sesshoumaru sighed heavily and ran his manicured hand through his soft silver tresses.
It had been such a long day at work and he was happy to soon be home. His boss, Ichita Motusaw, was a prick. He made all of his employee's work overtime almost every day, and never gave them extra pay.
Sesshoumaru slightly hoped Inuyasha would be a good half-brother and fix him some fucking food because he was hungry! (That's a little OOC for Sesshy, but it's cute! ) He also wished that his old job wouldn't have had all of those lay off's so he wouldn't have even had to move to Oahu and make Inuyasha switch schools and all.
Pulling into his driveway, he sighed again.
He was pretty sure that all his little brother wanted was for his step- mother and father to be brought back to life. Sesshoumaru's mother had died in a car accident when he was about 5, and his father had perished in a fire 7 years later. His step-mother had taken care of both of them until he went off to collage, but when Inuyasha was 12, she had too died from a car accident.
Sesshoumaru knew that his mother's dead had a big impact on his life, but never really bothered to say anything or get him professional counseling.
That's brotherly love for you.
Sesshoumaru got out of his car and took out his keys. To his slight surprise the door was unlocked. 'Damn that irresponsible Inuyasha.' He thought. "Inuyasha!" He called, "I'm back."
Walking over to his room he was again surprised to see the door was shut. He opened it and walked inside. Sesshoumaru was then greeted by the sight of Inuyasha holding a young girl well they slept. The young girl had black hair and seemed to be injured quite severely by the amount of bandages she had on her.
"Inuyasha." He whispered a bit lower, trying not to wake the girl. He was awarded by two amber eyes focusing on his.
"Hey Sesshoumaru." Inuyasha whispered back, trying not to make it too much of a bit deal that Kagome was laying in his bed.
"I'm guessing this young girl will be staying with us for a while." Sesshoumaru said, not really asked. Inuyasha nodded and looked down at her. He looked back at Sesshoumaru and his eyes told him that Inuyasha would explain Kagome was later.
The look in his eyes also told him he was terrified. He was scared for this girl, almost too the brink of insanity. She did look very pretty there though, laying in his brothers arms. Like she had so much pride, but it was crumbling as we spoke. Kagome had blood matted all over her seemingly delicate body. Sesshoumaru almost lifted his lips slightly. 'What a beautiful blood-stained princess...' he though.
"I'm going to call Rin. She can take care of this girls wounds." He informed his half-brother, turning around and closing the door quietly.
Rin Hassuma was his girlfriend of 6 years. She was a very sweet girl who was quite by her nature but very protective of people and things she loved. Sesshoumaru figured Rin could think of something to do with that girl.
After he left, Inuyasha wrapped his arms around Kagome a bit tighter. Little did Seshoumaru know, he was thinking the same thing.
'::What a beautiful blood stained princess...::'
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