A/N: Well, nobody reviewed my last chapter. I'm starting to wonder if anybody's reading my story. Well, I can't really blame you because my chapter's are so short and far between but, I promise I'll get them out faster as long as someone reviews. It's kinda depressing working hard to set up a good plot and such and never getting any feed back. ::sniff:: My inbox is lonely. Won't somebody send me a review?
Disclaimer: No, I don't own Inuyasha, but I do own this story.
In Darkness there is no Pain
Chapter 4: The Revolution begins…
Click (Doesn't your clock have a little click before it turns on? Well, mine does and that always wakes me before the radio even starts!!)
"Good morning Tokyo!"
White fluffy ears twitched, reacting to the noise coming from the radio alarm clock on the bedstand. A deep groan, maybe even considered a growl, escaped the throat of the owner of those ears. Annoyed, the figure asked the clock, muffled through his pillow, "Mem man momemoby me fo mamn mipper mat mex?"
"What did you say dog-breath?" another annoyingly happy voice asked from the doorway.
Glaring at the wolf-like man, dog-eared boy lifted his head, a trail of saliva running from his mouth to the pillow he had rested on, "I said, wimpy wolf, how can somebody be so damn happy sounding in the morning?"
A look of disgust marred the other-wise handsome face of the wolf as his eyes traced the line of saliva, "Well, you drooling mutt, some people have things to do in the morning, and they rather do them in a GOOD mood, something you're obviously unfamiliar with."
Wiping the drool from his mouth, Inu-yasha narrowed his eyes, the fog of sleep still giving them a glassy look, "What the hell are you doing here anyway Kouga?"
Exasperated, wolf man replied, "Well, as I said before, SOME people have things to DO in the morning. Like, I don't know, a surgery at fifteen till seven?" Tapping his foot, the man looked pointedly at the mass of silver hair that was his friend.
One ear twitched, then the other. A timid voice asked from the mass on the bed, "Wha?"
Kouga counted in his head, 'one, two, three…'
"It's six o'clock on this beautiful Monday morn..."
"OH KAMI!!!!!" Inu-yasha sprung up from his sheets, hair flying about him, amber eyes wide and panicked. Butt-naked, he ran passed his friend, into the bathroom behind him. The sound of running water and some rather unpleasant expletives about ice could be heard coming from the small room.
Wide-eyed from being mooned, Kouga could only shake his head to rid himself of the image. Sitting down carefully between piles of clothes, Chinese food containers, and other…articles of clothing, he listened to the humming radio intent on catching at least a little bit of what was going on in the world…
"Here today we have the famous Professor Higurashi speaking about the race problems that have begun to haunt our fair city. Now, Professor, what do you believe are the causes for the sudden deterioration of race relations?"
"Sudden?" he whispered, sarcasm dripping from his voice. To him there where nothing sudden about the wars between demon and man kind. They had always been there. Maybe Inutaisho, the great mediator, had stopped them for a while, but the hate was still present. It burned in the hearts of all. His eyes flared into fire then glazed over, memories surfacing at an alarming rate.
"Well John, I don't believe it's as complicated as some make it out to be. We've heard everything from economic tensions to sexual incompatibility, but the truth has nothing to do with the everyday problems of human and demon kind."
******flashback********
A small Kouga, eyes wide with innocence, looked into the tired eyes of his grandfather.
"Ojjisan, where's Papa?"
Haunted eyes starred back, "Gone" was his simple reply.
Confusion covered the boys face as he tried again, "Where's Mama?"
"Gone"
"Sister?"
"Gone"
Panic was showing clearly on the young boy's face. He went down the entire list of his pack, his family. The only answer he received was a forlorn 'Gone.'
********end flashback*******
It wasn't until much later when a silver-haired demon lifted him into a strong embrace that he understood the word, "Gone." Gone meant forever, gone meant the eternal rest, gone meant…dead. His whole pack had been murdered. By whom they did not know…
But, he knew. In the eyes of the passerby, he saw everything he needed to know…
A sudden yell woke him from his reverie as yet again he was mooned by his best friend. He shook his head, a smile pushing away the thoughts of the past.
Running past him once again, this time with a breakfast bar in his mouth, Kouga followed Inuyasha out the door and into the parking deck to start another day at Tokyo General Hospital.
Back in Inuyasha's apartment, the radio had not been turned off…
"Really, so where do you place the blame Professor?"
"It all goes back to the Shiko.....(yelling in the background).....What the hell?....(boom!)....(radio static)..."
A gruff voice took over, "And so, my Demon brethren, the Revolution Begins…"
Is it getting interesting yet? I hope so. I've thought long and hard on how to improve this story and hopefully it will be very good. At least I'm over with the prologue stuff, right? Okay, I'll try to fit Kagome in next time. If you can't tell, Inu's a Surgeon in this story and Kouga is some kind of doctor too. Yeah, it's a little OOC, but it has its reasons. Think about it, Inuyasha, the reincarnation of the demon of light=life=life-bringer=doctor=Inuyasha is a surgeon. Right? ::crickets chirping in background:: Well, I'm trying. Next chapter should be out tomorrow if anyone is interested ::chirping crickets begin again::
Anyone? ::silence::
Oh dear, ::sniff:: I think I'll go sulk now…
Eartha