Disclaimer: I don't own Inu-Yasha
Summary: After Kagome and his mother die, Inu-Yasha goes into a deep depression. He's stuck with his bastard of a brother that couldn't care less if he dropped dead and his father ran his car off the road after the 'incident' as it's referred to. Will he ever be normal again or will the darkness engulf him?
Story Title: There's More Out There Than You Think
A/N: Ok this is a sequel to 'Language Barrier' and it WILL be angsty. So if anyone has a problem with main characters being killed off don't read. I'd rather not have my ideas no matter how impossible be called 'shitty' because ya know that's just the way life goes and it's not fair! I can tell you this from experience. So if you have no complaints to that please read and review. ^-^
Chapter One: A Dark Beginning
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"Is there anything you want to talk about Inu-Yasha?" A calculating woman asked from her seat across from him. He just stared at her disbelievingly. His eyes narrowed and the woman sighed. "It's not going to help to not talk about it."
"And what if I do? What happens if I do and it gets worse?" He questioned his cold gaze targeted at her. He had become cold, indifferent, and unreachable most said. He had stopped going to regular school when had almost killed a kid for making fun of the 'incident' as it was referred to.
"Then you can sue me," She said sincerely
"Sounds good to me." He had become almost as heartless as his brother. The bastard…it made his blood boil when he thought about Sesshomaru. "What do you want to know?"
"How did you survive?" she asked pen ready above paper.
"I don't know, I think when we hit water the windows burst and I got carried out into the ocean. I had her with me but it was too much for her human body. She was alive when we got to shore but soon after her heart stopped. That was…the worst thing I've ever experienced. Seeing someone you love get taken away from you, right when they were…" He cut off. It was too painful, the memories flashed in his mind like a film playing over and over again. He was shaking but the look of indifference came over him. A glazed look that was not natural.
"Go on" she said trying to get some more. This was the most he had given her all week.
"I can't. God dammit! Just leave it!" He shouted banging the armrest. It split in half and caved in.
"That's enough for today, you may go" Inu-Yasha got up and walked in long strides to the door. He opened it and let it slam behind him. He could care less, what did it matter? What did anything matter anymore now that she was gone. He made his way out onto the sidewalk and joined the crowd of people going down it. As he walked back 'home' he thought about everything that had happened in the last three months, and what could have happened if not for… He was now 16 years old and he cursed his demon blood. That was the only thing that let him escape with his life.
As he neared the neighborhood in which he lived the streets got quieter and soon he was alone. Despite the hour it was almost black out and the sky threatened rain. Inu-Yasha shivered and quickened his pace. As he finally approached his house he took out his key and went up to the front door. He quickly unlocked it and went in only glancing at the house across the street for a second then slammed the door behind him.
Inu-Yasha went straight to his room; he wasn't hungry at all. As he entered he took off and threw his jacket onto a chair. The room was spotless, not a dust particle anywhere. This was a contrast to some of the rooms that were not used anymore. Those rooms were covered with dust and hadn't been touched since the summer before. The house was silent as Inu-Yasha was the only one living there at the time. His bastard of a brother had left for college despite the fact that he'd be leaving Inu-Yasha without supervision. Not that Inu-Yasha minded this but it wouldn't seem as lonely if at least someone else was in the house. He walked over to where he kept all his pictures and various message boards Kagome had made for him. A whole wall was devoted to pictures of everyone he knew not excepting his enemies. His eyes landed on a particular picture about seven months ago, when she first got there. 'Damn, all that and I still couldn't save her.' He thought as he looked at the happy faces.
~Flashback~
Piercing screams were heard from every corner of the aircraft as it fell rapidly. Then everything suddenly went into slow motion for Inu-Yasha as it hit water. Windows burst, water rushed in, and Inu-Yasha knew he had to get out. He unbuckled Kagome's and his own seatbelts with such speed. Their window was broken so before water submerged them he jumped out the window with Kagome in his arms. Once in the water he got away from the air craft as quickly as possible. Since his parents and brother were on the other side of the plane he didn't see them. He began to swim and in the middle of his journey across the sea his human blood couldn't take it. His demon blood took over and he found himself swimming faster and not expending so much energy in one stroke. Kagome was on his back, situated so she wouldn't fall off. After a day or two of endless swimming (A/N: no one comment on how impossible this is Kay?) he came upon shore and collapsed as soon as he was on shore enough to not get wet anymore. He gently took Kagome off his back and placed her on the sand so she was face up. She was still alive but barely, he could tell. She looked bad, there were gashes in her head where blood was caked, and she was badly bruised and looked as if someone beat the shit out of her. She was conscious and she opened her mouth to say something, nothing came out. The second time she opened her mouth her words did come out although they were not clear. "Please, it hurts too much. Just let me go." She said with pleading eyes. "Forget about me, you have a future. I got lucky the first time is all, so make your future a good one." She coughed and blood came up staining her pale face and hands.
"You can't! Come on I know you have it in you. Just stay awake a little more" He pleaded not wanting to believe this was happening.
"Just…" she couldn't say anymore than that as her eyes glazed over and she froze. Her heart had stopped and her blood was becoming stagnant in her veins, as she got even paler than she was. Death became her.
~End Flashback~
He sighed and turned away from the pictures. He went over to his desk and attempted to do some math homework. He got out his calculator, pencil, and notebook and started to read the first question. 1) Given the statement 'if you study, then you will pass' state the Converse, Inverse, and Contrapositive of the statement. He read the problem over once more and started to write the answers. Even though he was in 10th grade his class was doing a review on Logic. He hated it and wished there was no such thing but as there is he had to deal with it like the rest of us. He was concentrating on another problem when he heard the front door open and then close very softly. He immediately grew suspicious. Sesshomaru wasn't supposed to be home until the end of December and it was only the beginning of November. He soundlessly got up and slipped into the hallway, went down the stairs and saw a light in the kitchen. He walked slowly in the shadows and peeked into the kitchen, he had his pocketknife out and was ready to use it when he saw a woman's back as she was putting something in the refrigerator. He stepped out of the shadows, put away the knife and exclaimed "Mrs. Becker, you know how much you scared me?"
The said woman jumped and turned around at the sound of Inu-Yasha's voice. She sighed when she recognized him. "You gave me more of a scare than I did you it seems."
"Yes, it does seem that way. Why are you here?" He asked wondering what she was doing just walking in the house.
"I thought you were still out so I brought over some food. You're getting very skinny, it's not healthy for a 16 year old boy to be this skinny." She explained.
"Oh" was his remarkable response.
"Now go into the dining room and I'll heat it up for you." She then turned around again and pulled something out of the refrigerator. She went over to the microwave, looked at the heating instructions, and put it in for two minutes. Inu-Yasha thought he had better do what she said or it might not end so pretty. He always lost in arguments against Mrs. Becker; she was too good.
When she brought it in it looked like a homemade meal; most likely because she had brought over some leftovers from her own house. A couple kids had gone on to college so it wasn't so packed anymore as it was before. She sat it down in front of him and Inu-Yasha was forced to eat. She sat at the table until every last bite was eaten, then she took the plate and cleaned it. She finally said goodbye around 8:00pm and told him to take better care of himself; and to lock the door for gods' sake!
"I will, thank you Mrs. Becker," He said as she walked out the door and made her way across the yard to her own house. "I am so stuffed" he commented to himself as he climbed the stairs once again to his room that was the only real functioning room except the kitchen. He again started on the math and continued until 11:00pm finishing everything he needed to for school and went to bed.
A/N: Hope everyone sorta liked this chapter. Which I doubt many did but I tried to make it not so so sad…really I did I swear! Anyway my friend taught me how to make a bunny with the keyboard in history since we didn't have anything more research to do. (My school has COWS, Computers On Wheels. They're laptops basically that teachers sign out) anyway this is my weird bunny!!
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mua ha ha ha!! Please R&R.
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