Author's Note: Now, enjoying it so far?
Disclaimer: Inuyasha is not mine, that's why this is a fanfiction. Anyone with half a brain could figure that out.
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An Endless Anguish
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Chapter 2: Nice to Meet You
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Kagome began to panic. But then, something clicked into her mind: Hurt them where it hurts the most. Kagome quickly kicked him hard in the crotch. And boy, it was one hard kick.
The boy was taken by surprise as he groaned in pain and fell to the floor; dropping the small knife on the floor. She quickly picked up her groceries and ran for hell's worth.
But she stopped short. The boy was on the ground with one arm bracing the floor and another wrapped around her ankle. She tugged, but his grip was strong and firm. She was about to open her mouth when....
"Don't scream. I'm not going to hurt you. I just want some money to buy food with." His voice was strained, as he was still in pain.
Kagome suddenly calmed down. She didn't think he was lying since he had let go of her ankle already and made no move to hurt her. Kagome just smiled down at the bemused boy. She went on her knees and carefully helped him up. Call her crazy, but she just couldn't leave him there, lying on the floor, being hurt and all.
'Gods, I'm too trusting. This is gonna kill me someday.'
She dug her hands through her pockets and took out the leftover money that she had left. She was going to save it for her self to buy something to drink later on, but this boy needed it more than her. Besides, his stomach was growling viciously right then. She could've sworn that he blushed. Kagome handed the money to the boy. The boy just looked at the money in his hands, then at Kagome.
"If you think you owe me, you could help me carry these." Kagome smiled as she held up the bags of groceries.
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As the two walked the route to Kagome's house, they started conversation. "I'm Kagome Hig-Kamatachi. What's your name?" Kagome looked at the boy walking next to her, and noticed his violet eyes.
The boy seemed to be in deep thought for a moment. Then spoke, "I'm Inuyasha."
"Inuyasha." Kagome let the familiar name roll off her tongue. However, she couldn't quite put a finger on it. She heard her mother mention it a few times, but didn't really know who or what it was about. She decided to ignore that thought and went back to this intriguing Inuyasha.
"That's a nice name." Kagome smiled again. She didn't think she smiled this much since her grandfather was alive. Inuyasha just retorted with a, "Keh." She guessed he took the compliment.
He suddenly turned around. "What?" Kagome questioned.
"I thought I heard something." Inuyasha looked around.
"But then again, maybe I'm just imagining things." They turned around and began walking again.
"There's my house." Kagome pointed out. Inuyasha lifted his head. He had a frown on his face as he looked at the old house. It looked like it was about to collapse. Ok, maybe that was an overly exaggeration. But it was still somewhat old and rickety.
Suddenly he spoke, "Kagome, here. I don't want it anymore." Kagome looked at the coins on his exposed palm. It was the money that she had given him awhile ago.
"Why not? You look like you were being starved to death over there. Use it, it's ok, really." Kagome said with deep sympathy as she pushed the hand back to him. Inuyasha just shook his head, and forced the money back on her hand.
Kagome frowned. "Don't start taking pity on me."
"I'm not! Then stop being so nice to me!"
"You were the one who threatened me and started asking for money!"
"Well, I don't want it no more!"
"Too bad!"
"Keep it!"
"No!"
"No, I insist you keep it."
Kagome opened her mouth to shout out at him, but closed it. Then she just sighed audibly and dropped the coins carelessly on the floor.
"Here, I'm going to leave it right here on the street. And once I go into the house, I know you're going to take it. So, good- bye Inuyasha. Nice meeting you." She took the bag from Inuyasha and started walking up to the threshold of her house, in other words, the hellhole of the Kamatachi household.
Kagome then heard a sigh and felt a grip on her arm. "Look, since you're so stubborn. Let's make a deal." Kagome blinked. 'Why does this guy want to give back the money so badly? He looked real meager just then.' She was interested in what he has to say. "Okay then, let's hear it."
"You'll keep your money, and I'll be offered a meal from you. How's that sound?" 'Hell, its better taking some food than her money. She's poor enough,' he thought.
Kagome paused for a moment. "Deal." Kagome insisted that they shook their pinky fingers, as Inuyasha just rolled his eyes, but did it anyway.
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He sat there Indian style in front of the front door. Kagome said that she had to sneak him in her room once she gets her mother out of the way. So he was told to wait here.
'This is one of the poorest sides of Kyoto. A girl like her doesn't deserve this kind of life. She seems to be full of life and carefree. If I took her money without following her here, I wouldn't know how to forgive myself. Anyway, what's taking her so damn long?'
He decided to look through the window. He sat up and peered through. Curtains were preventing him to see what's inside, but there was a tiny hole where he could see things just fine.
The sight that lay before him wasn't pretty. The bighearted girl he had just met is being hit by an elder woman with a stick. The woman was yelling very audibly so he could make out some words that came out of her mouth. And they weren't very nice to hear either.
The woman finally stopped beating the girl, from what seemed like an eternity to Inuyasha. Kagome picked herself up somewhat quickly and picked up of what seemed like a tray, and ran up the stairs, half limping. Inuyasha backed away from the window and dropped himself on the ground, on his butt.
His violet eyes were filled with sympathy, anger, and more anger. He had wanted to rush in there and save Kagome. But his body was numb from the state of shock that he had just witnessed.
That woman must be indeed Kagome's mother. She had said it herself, that only her mother was home. How could someone's own mother beat up her daughter? It was a terrible thought.
Suddenly, the door opened. Inuyasha stood up quickly. Kagome popped her head out. She did a finger motion for him to come in. He understood the gesture and went in quietly. Once Inuyasha got in, he noticed that the inside wasn't as bad as the outside. The house looked like it belonged to a family with not much financial problems. He followed Kagome up the stairs. He noticed that she was still limping a bit, but she was a great actor in hiding it.
At the last step, Kagome turned around and whispered, "Don't step on the last step. That floorboard creaks." Inuyasha nodded and followed her motion, skipping the last step. He followed her into a small room. Kagome closed the door after Inuyasha came in and locked it. The only good thing about this room is that it had a lock.
Inuyasha examined the room. "Is this the guest room?" Inuyasha figured that it was a stupid question since no guest would really want to sleep in this horrendous room, and the fact that there weren't a lot of rooms in this old house.
"It's mine," she answered softly. Inuyasha just made an 'o' with his mouth and slapped himself mentally.
On the small bed, lay a tray of a bowl of rice, some leftover fish and an apple. Inuyasha looked at Kagome, she just smiled and nodded. With the permission to eat, he practically dived into the food. Kagome sat next to him and just watched him devour his food like an animal.
'Boy, he's really hungry. Wonder when's the last time he ate.' Inuyasha finished with his bowl of rice and ate the rest of the leftover fish. He put his chopsticks down as he reached for the apple. He was about to bite it, but he stopped.
"Hey, aren't you hungry? You couldn't have ate and distract your mother in that short period of time." Inuyasha left out the part where he witnessed her being beat by her mother.
"Not really." As if on cue, her stomach started growling. She blushed lightly. Inuyasha just laughed. Kagome looked at him and decided that she liked his laughs. She liked his voice.
"Here. Don't try to lie. You can't deny that you're hungry." He held out the apple to her. Kagome just gave in and happily bit onto the apple, chewing the juicy fruit. Inuyasha watched as she ate. 'She looks so happy right now. I wonder if she feels any pain from before.'
Kagome noticed his look. He looked sad about something. She stopped chewing. "Hey, are you alright?" Inuyasha looked like he was snapped out of a trance and just replied with a nod.
"Kagome, how'd you manage to get you mother away?" He was curious to how she still coped to face her mother again.
"Well, since she already ate dinner. I just took the leftovers that she left for me and put it in my room. Then I told her that I saw a mouse was in the kitchen, and humongous cockroach in my room. She was terrified of mice and roaches, so she just made a stupid excuse that she was going to take a shower." Kagome lied through her teeth.
Even though that wasn't really what had happened, but it was true. Her mother had yelled at her to go take care of it quickly, and just walked away to the bathroom and heard water running a few moments later.
Inuyasha laughed a little. Kagome stifled a yawn. But she didn't really try, and let it out. It became contagious as Inuyasha did the same gesture.
"Looks like we both really tired." Inuyasha said in between a yawn.
"You can sleep here if you have no place to go." Kagome offered shyly. "You can sleep on my bed, and I'll sleep on the floor."
Inuyasha declined. "No, how bout we both sleep on the bed? It's big enough for both of us to fit in." Kagome blushed. She never slept next to a boy before.
"Okay, fine. But can you turn around? I need to change my clothes." Inuyasha turned the other way to give her some privacy. But then he remembered about the beating and turned around to ask her if he could see her arms and legs.
Inuyasha turned around as Kagome was about to take her undershirt off, but stopped when she saw him change his view and made a small sound of surprise. Kagome blushed, while Inuyasha just had a serious look on his face again.
He walked closer and gently grabbed her skinny arm. Kagome noticed what he was intently looking at and her eyes widened. She took her arm away from his firm but gentle grip and quickly put another long-sleeved shirt on.
"Kagome let me see your wounds. You were beaten very badly." Inuyasha's voice was with deep concern.
"H-How'd you know?" Kagome turned to face him again.
"I saw your mother beat you. She took it out on you pretty bad and you don't deserve this. I'll go buy some bandages and cleaning alcohol for you."
Kagome grabbed his arm and shook her head. "No, please Inuyasha. Don't. My mother is going to beat you too if she finds out that you're helping me." Drops of salty tears began forming at her eyes, as they slowly streamed down her pale face.
Now this was bad. She was crying. This is probably his worst weakness. What the hell was he supposed to do now?
She felt two arms hesitantly wrap around her torso as she cried softly. Two hands ran up and down her back to comfort her. Inuyasha helped Kagome to bed as he dried her tears with his thumb. After Inuyasha put the blanket over her, she grabbed his arm. "No. Don't leave me, stay with me. I'm scared." Inuyasha just smiled and slipped under the covers as Kagome just slept soundly afterwards."Goodnight, imouto..."
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Author's Note: Now, is any of you were disgusted with them sleeping together, don't be. Cause Kagome is only 12 while Inuyasha is 14. They are young. Besides, right now, Inuyasha is thinking of Kagome as a little sister.
Imouto is the Japanese word for younger sister. Imouto-san is just for honorifics, but knowing Inuyasha, he's not the type to use honorifics. So we'll just leave it as imouto.
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Inuyasha: That was so not me. ::Makes a disgusted face::
Kagome: That was so sweet! ::Sniff sniff::
Kaiyouu: Aw, Inuyasha's a big bro.
Shippo: How come Inuyasha is so nice here? He's never nice to me!
Inuyasha: Deal with it. That's how this story goes.
Shippo: WAh! ::fakes crying::
Kagome: Inuyasha!
Inuyasha: What? I didn't do nothing.
Kagome: Sit.
Thump
A line of some very colorful curses goes flying out of the ground.
Kaiyouu: Can't wait till next chapter..... ::grins evilly while typing like a madwoman::
Shippo: Remember to review! Ja!
