The White Dog, My White Dog

A little note to the readers: anything in '.' is what Inuyasha is thinking or telepathically saying.

"Wake up, Kagome!" Kagome rolled over in bed with a groan. Her mother had expected as much from her position in the doorway. "Get her up." She said looking down at the white husky/shepherd mix sleeping in his box by the door. The dog looked up and yawned. 'Do I look like an alarm clock?' He got up lazily and stretched, curling his tail over his back. "Now, Inu!" Kagome's mom commanded. Inuyasha, more commonly called Inu, wisely took off running before his procrastinating got his mistress's mother any angrier. He jumped and landed on Kagome's back with a loud bark. "Owww! Inu, get off." She yelled as the dog began to lick her face. "I'm up, I'm up." Kagome had to use all her strength to push the 140-pound dog off her.

"Now, get ready for school." Kag's mom said smugly, turning to leave. Inu yelped in protest. 'You're forgetting something here' "Oh," she said, digging in her pocket. "Here you go for being a good doggie." She handed him a small dog biscuit. 'Chicken, my favorite' thought the dog, gulping it down selfishly. "Speaking." Inu barked. "Not you." She said, realizing he was just obeying the 'speak' command. "Speaking of dogs, Rin's coming in a few minutes to drop Sesshomaru off before she goes on vacation." Sesshomaru, or Mar-mar as Rin affectionately calls him (why? I don't know.), is also a Husky/shepherd mix; the difference between him and his brother is that he has a blue spot on his back and on his forehead while Inu is completely white.

As if on cue, the doorbell rang. Inu sniffed the air, finding his brother's scent hanging in it. With that information, he took off, down the stairs, past Souta, around Grandpa's legs, and out the door, tackling his brother playfully. "I saw that coming." Rin laughed as Kagome ran past to catch her dog before he ran away. She bent down, scratching Sess behind the ears. "Now you be good and try not to kill your brother." Sess cocked his head innocently. 'Why would I do such a thing?' She scratched him once more before getting up and walking toward the bus stop, a bus already waiting there. Kagome waved. "Bye. Have fun in Cancun!" Rin waved back until the bus was out of sight.

"Well?" She turned back to the dogs scratching various body parts idly. "Walkie time?" The dogs stood up, tails wagging, and barked. "I thought so." She smiled leaving to get their leashes.

Kagome ran home as fast as she could, Sango, a friend from her science class, and Miroku, a friend from like 3rd grade, not far behind. "Hurry up you guys!" She called behind her as she ran. She turned, hopping over the wire fence around her house and scanned the yard for her dog and his brother. When she didn't see them, she whistled and waited. "Inuyasha! Here boy!" By this time Sango and Miroku had caught up with her. "There" Kagome followed her friend's gaze to see the dogs in question barking angrily at a fat man on the other side of the fence. The man was throwing sticks, rocks, and bricks at the dogs and had been all day. "Hey!" Kagome yelled, stomping over to the guy. "Stop bothering my dog, Mr. Liner." Mr. Kevin Liner, a fat guy of about 40, stared at the 15 year old. "Why?" She looked down at Sess to find him snarling in Mr. Liner. "Because, if you don't, I might accidentally leave the gate open and they might accidentally get out and might accidentally bite you." Mr. Liner backed away. "Right."

Once homework was finished, the three teens and their two partners in crime were on their way to the park. "Come on admit it, you like him." Sango pressured her friend about her love life. "I told you, no I don't." Kagome answered for the billionth time. "Yes you do." This temporarily blinded the teens as the walked across the street. "Do." She didn't get to finish her sentence. Mr. Liner came racing down the street straight at Kagome. Miroku and the dogs were already on the other side of the street when he saw the jeep. "Kagome! Sango! Watch out!" Inu suddenly bolted ahead, ripping free of Miroku's grasp. Sess did the same less than a second later.

The girls were frozen and surprised to see two figures jump about a yard in front of them. The jeep hit the figures first slowing down enough so when it hit the girls it only knocked them down. Kagome opened her eyes to see plenty of people standing around her and Sango. Through their legs she saw her worst nightmare. Inu was lying on his side, his back facing her. He wasn't moving and barley breathing. "Inuyasha!"

To be concluded...

I'm loving the way this fic is coming along. I don't know where this idea came from but it came to me shortly after I finished reading Stephen King's 'Cujo'. They really have nothing to do with each other but, with my crazy, messed up mind, anything can come from anything else! R&R!