Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or Kagome or Sango or Miroku...wow, I don't have anything, do it? But I have my stories!
What Is A Half Breed?
Back at home, Kagome hardly said two words all evening. She couldn't get the look on Inuyasha's face out of her mind. Her family noticed her attitude change as well.
"Kagome, are you alright?" Her mother asked as she tried to pass her the fried rice for the third time.
"What? Oh, sorry." Kagome said, taking the rice bowl from her mother.
"What's on your mind? I can tell something's bothering you."
"Oh, nothing." Kagome tried to cover up.
"I bet she has a boyfriend at school." Sota, Kagome's younger brother, teased.
"I do NOT have a boyfriend!" Kagome shouted, jumping up from her seat and rushing out of the kitchen. Her family looked on for a second, watching her storm off towards her room.
"Yep, she likes a boy." Kagome's grandfather said as he dug into his Udon. Sota and his mother simply nodded in agreement before continuing their meal.
In her room, Kagome laid back on her bed, staring up at the ceiling, thinking about what had happened today. That poor boy; living his life all alone, with no one in the world to take care of him. Maybe there's something she could do to help him? That was it! She could gather up some stuff and bring it to him!
So gathering up some blankets, extra clothes, and a good amount of food, Kagome crammed it all in her book bag. Remembering that it was supposed to rain that night, she also grabbed her rain coat and, as soon she was sure everyone was sleep, snuck out of the house and headed straight for the park.
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Back in his tree, Inuyasha sat sulking. His stomach rumbled again, reminding him that he was still hungry. Choosing to ignore it, he sat up and glanced around. It was dark out and the wind had picked up.
"Who the hell did that girl think she was?" He asked himself bitterly. "What does she know about me? Nothing!" Thinking about it, he couldn't remember anything about his parents. No, that wasn't true; his mother. He could faintly remember her. He could remember that she had beautiful eyes. Reaching up, he gently ran a finger across one of the polished beads on his necklace. It was from her, it had to be. Even though he never remembered her actually giving it to him, he knew it was from her; the only thing he had.
Suddenly, a rumbling could be heard, but this time, it was not from Inuyasha's empty stomach. Looking out to the East, a bright bolt of lightning could be seen skipping across the sky, giving off new light.
"Damn," Inuyasha muttered, knowing it was going to be a long night in the rain. So, accepting that there was nothing he could do about it, Inuyasha settled back on his branch and waited.
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Meanwhile, Kagome raced from her home to the park, with her heavily loaded book bag weighing her down slightly. As she was waiting for the street sign to change, she heard it. The low rumble of thunder not far in the distance. Kagome knew she had to hurry, otherwise, not only would poor Inuyasha freeze, but so would she! So, as soon as the light changed, allowing her to cross the street, she doubled her pace and rushed into the park.
Once she arrived, she realized her next dilemma; figuring out which tree he had been in. It had been in the middle of the day before, with the sun shinning brightly, but now, in the middle of the night and a storm approaching, it would be nearly impossible to tell which tree was which!
Just as the thought of turning back and heading home came to her mind, Kagome got an even better idea. Reaching down, she picked up a stone from the ground and took aim at the nearest tree. Winding up, she again, hoped she wouldn't hit a defenseless animal. The only think she wanted to hit, was that boy.
'But what if you hurt him?' a voiced in the back of her mind protested. Kagome seriously considered that scenario. Now, she didn't have that good of an arm, but she still could throw better then half the boys at her school and since she did archery, that also helped build up her arm muscle.
'And what if you don't fine him? He could be starving or freezing or...' Kagome didn't let herself think about any other possibilities.
"Alright, here I go." She said as she released the stone and watched it fly into the branches. The next thing she heard was the hollow, wooden 'thunk' and the rustle of leaves. Then silence. "Ok, let's try that again." So, picking up another stone, she tossed it into another tree. To her disappointment, she got the same response. Over and over, tree after tree, Kagome hurled rocks in the dark.
Soon, she found that she couldn't find anymore rocks on the ground around her. It was too dark to really see anything and the only source of light was an occasional bolt of lightning from the on coming storm. She felt a few random rain drops fall from the sky onto her head. She didn't have much time left. Holding her final stone in her hand, she looked around and decided on her final target.
"If this doesn't work, I can't say I didn't try," she told herself. So, taking aim at the tree, she released the rock.
A/N: Did it work? Did it work? Well, let's find out in the next chapter shall we?
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