Chapter 4. A Freezing Rain
The day was rainy and clouded. There was no recording session today. Sango sighed as she flipped through the channels. Miroku was reading a magazine in the chair next to her and Kirara was taking a nap on another chair. A sudden ring from the phone grabbed both Sango and Miroku's attention.
Sango stood up and walked over to the phone. She picked up the recever and put it up to her face.
Sango: Hello.
Kagome: Sango! I'm so glad I caught you!
Sango: Is something wrong Kagome, you sound really upset?
Kagome: I am upset! It's just aweful Sango! It's Inuyasha and Kikyo!
Sango: What about them?
Kagome: Last night Kikyo went out to a club or something and ended up staying out all night and didn't come back until 5 in the morning.
Sango: So? That's Kikyo for you, always unpredictable.
Kagome: That's not all of it! Apparently Kikyo was dropped off by some guy with spikey black hair and red eyes or something. He wore all black too.
Sango: Maybe their related or good friends?
Kagome: Right! Like a relative or good friend would kiss you!
Sango: (gasp) You mean Kikyo and that strange guy actually!!!!!!
Kagome: Yeah, worst part is, Inuyasha was watching the whole time!
Sango: This is bad! You know how Inuyasha gets when he's upset!
Kagome: I know! Please come down here as fast as you can! I'm really worried about him! Hurry, I have to go now. bye.
Sango: Alright, bye Kagome.
Sango put the recever down and looked to Miroku who was staring at her, waiting for her to speak.
"Miroku. We've got a big problem! Wake up Kirara and meet me in the garage." Sango said as she grabbed her car keys and into the garage. Sango opened the drivers door and slid into the black car. Miroku came not long after dragging a tired Kirara behind him.
Miroku buckled Kirara up in the back seat and jumped into the passangers side. As he closed the door Sango put the keys in the ignition as the car began to move.
"Where are we going Sango? I heard you mention Kikyo on the phone." Miroku asked as Sango drove down a road as rain continued to pour. Sango's face held a sad and worried expression.
"Inuyasha saw Kikyo with another guy. He's probably doing something really stupid right now to 'escape his pain' as he so brutally calls it." Sango replied as she stopped the car. Kirara unbuckled herself and ran out of the car and up the steps.
She flung the door open to see Sesshomaru comforting Kagome who was broken into tears and Shippo who stood with a grim expression across his face. Sango and Miroku followed after her. Kagome looked up and ran to Sango as she began to cry into her shoulder.
"Oh Sango! Inuyasha left us a note saying he would run away and never come back! That he had enough pain and he needs to escape it!" Kagome cried. Sango patted her friend on the back comforting as Miroku sighed.
"We should go look for him." Shippo said as Kirara went next to him. He put his arm on her shoulder as she leaned up next to him. Sesshomaru shook his head.
"It's a late month now. It's freezing cold outside and worst of all it's raining. If anything, he would be frozen before we find him." Sesshomaru said grimly.
"Still, we have to look for him!" Kagome said as she wiped the tears away from her eyes.
Inuyasha sat on a bench in the park. His long hair matted against his soaking clothing. His body shivered uncontrolably as tears streamed down his face. Awful images passed his mind. He had had enough of Kikyo and her habit of chasing down other men. An image passed his mind.
An image of Kikyo in her short red mini skirt and black tube top. Her red lips pressed against the lips of some black haired red eyed man.
Inuyasha shook his head violently to try and rid himself of her image from his mind. It didn't work. She was stuck in his mind like glue. He banged his head on the bench a few times as he drew his own blood. Still her image remained. He hated her and he hated himself for loving her like he did.
Yukina walked down a path in the park. An umbrella over her head and a thick coat wrapped closely around her body. She stopped suddenly as she saw an awful sight. The lone figure of a man, hanging over the side of the bench. His long hair had long wavering streaks of blood tied in with it.
Yukina instantly ran forward to the man. She didn't recognize his face as she moved him onto his back. She placed her hand near a wound to the head. His body felt like ice and he looked to be in so much pain right now. Just then his eyes opened a little. Sad and lonely eyes looked up to the sky as a name escaped his lips.
"Kikyo." he called out in a muffled and fuff voice. Yukina stopped a moment. She had heard Hiei talking about some woman he had met named Kikyo. He had said that they were going out once she dumped her old boyfriend.
"Oh, you poor man." Yukina said with a soft and carind voice as she took off her coat and laid it over top of him. He seemed to be in a deep transe. His eyes lay hazey under locks of his hair. His entire body was deathly pale and looked as if he was ill.
Yukina called out a name as a man in a black suit came running towards her. She told him to help her get Inuyasha into her limo so they could take him to the hospital. The man nodded and had to drag Inuyasha to the limo.
Yukina sat with Inuyasha. Some color had returned to his face. They had gotten him to the hospital not long ago and seemed to be recovering very quickly. He had kept on mummbling names and things.
Yukina smiled as his hands began to move and his eyes slowly opened. His eyes darted around slowly taking in his surrounding. He had an enormous headache and felt like he had a cold.
"Are you feeling okay?" Yukina asked him as his eyes drifted towards her. He looked away quickly and spoke with an eery sadness.
"It would have been better if I had died." he mummbled, as if it was a thought and not meant to be heard. Yukina's eyes held remorse for this man and whatever had happened to him to make him like this.
"Don't say that sir. Death isn't something to joke about." Yukina said as she gained his attention.
"Feh, I wasn't joking. Don't call me sir, my names Inuyasha." he retorted with a hint of annoyance now mixed with his voice and expression. Yukina huffed as he spoke to her like that. However, inside she felt even more pity for this man. A man who spoke so carelessly about death.
"Inuyasha." Yukina mummbled as tears welled up in her eyes and began to streak her face. Inuyasha looked up at her crying face with a guilty look spread across his face.
"He... hey now. Stop crying. It's not worth crying over." Inuyasha said as he patted her shoulder in comfort. She looked up at him with such sad eyes that Inuyasha couldn't help but feel taken back.
"I can't help it. How can someone like you act as if you welcome death?" she cried out. Inuyasha looked away sadly. His eyes wandered as did his mind.
"Kikyo....she.....she..."Inuyasha found himself unable to finish. Tears fell unmercifully down his face. Yukina looked at him with worried eyes. His face held pain and suffering. A kind that only comes from a broken heart. She knew that feeling all to well. Kuwabara had many times gotten drunk and gone out with other women.
Yukina fell into Inuaysha. Her head resting on his shoulder in a soft and loving way. Inuyasha looked at her. Her eyes lay shut as her breathing evened out.
"You and I are alike. This, Kikyo, no doubt broke your heart, as Kuwabara has done mine." Yukina said with her eyes still shut. Inuyasha nodded. That's all he could do. The emotions she was showing him now, was more than Kikyo ever had before. He, for some strange reason, pulled Yukina into his arms and into a soft and loving embrace.
"Inuyasha?" she mummbled. Inuyasha held her tightly as he cried.
"Why.... why does it hurt so much?" he asked her. Yukina pushed away from him and placed her hand to her heart.
"I can't say Inuyasha. It just..... does. By the way, I'm Yukina." she said as she forced a smile onto her face. Inuyasha nodded and smiled back.
No one but his friends ever smiled at him. Kikyo rarely showed any emotion at all to him. Yukina on the other hand, she had so many emotions directed at him even thought they had just met.
"Yukina. You look lonely, are you?" Inuyasha said as he noticed her sudden change of expression. She looked up suddenly and into his now soft and caring eyes.
"I am. Kuwabara left me for some crazy fan of his. He broke my heart so many times before. I don't know why I didn't see it before." Yukina said solemly. Inuyasha moved closer to her and pulled her into a soft and comforting embrace.
Yukina nuzzled up against his chest. Inuyasha stroked her hair lightly.
"I know how it feels. To be left broken like that. How about when I get out of here, you come and meet my friends?" he offered her. Yukina nodded her head slowly.
"I'd love to meet them Inuyasha." Yukina replied as Inuyasha let her go. Inuyasha smiled softly to her at her answer.
"Yukina, would you like to......." Inuyasha stopped as he gulped. "I mean, I know we just met and all, but, I feel like we have so much in common. Would you like be my...." Inuyasha cut himself short as the words became jumbled up in his throat.
"I feel the same, and I would love to be your girlfriend. They say that new love, is the best way to forget old love." Yukina said lightly. Inuyasha smirked.
"Who says that?" he asked. Yukina smiled a playful and happy smile.
"Me." she replied. "I'll be back later to check up on you Inuyasha. Until then, please take care." Yukina said as she walked towards the door.
"Bye Yukina." Inuyasha called. Yukina looked back with a cheery smile and nodded as she waved him a soft and short goodbye.
(3 days later.)
Inuyasha stretched his arms lazily as he looked up at the sky. The weather was nice today. Maybe because it felt happy, like him. He looked up to see his surrounding. He was laying in a park and sitting under a tree. He had fallen asleep while waiting for Yukina to show up. His mind suddenly wandered to his friends.
It had been a while since he spoke to them. The last time he did he was still in the hospital and it was right after meeting Yukina.
(flashback)
Ayame: Taiyoukai Records may I ask who's calling?
Inuyasha: Hey Ayame.
Ayame: Oh my god! Inuyasha! Everyone has been so worried about you! Where are you and how are you?!
Inuyasha: I'm fine and I'm not saying where I am. Is my good for nothing brother around?
Ayame: Yes. He and everyone else have been looking for you for so long. Hold on, I'll put you through to him.
Sesshomaru: Hello, who ever this is make it quick. I'm a very buis......
Inuyasha: Man, I still get treating like this even after I thought you were all so worried about me.
Sesshomaru: Inuyasha?! What in the name of the seven hells happened to you? You scarred Kagome half to death when you left!
Inuyasha: Sorry, tell her that. Tell them all that. I just wanted to tell you guys I'm okay. I won't be back for a little while though. I need time to.... to.... to think things over. I'll call again as soon as I can. B....
Sesshomaru: Wait! Before you just hang up, I need to tell you something.
Inuyasha: .......... what is it?
Sesshomaru: Kikyo came looking for you the other day. She said, she was drunk and didn't know what she was doing. I thought it best you know.
Inuyasha: ............
Sesshomrau: What should I tell her?
Inuyasha: Tell her..... tell her I've moved on. My life has too much meaning to throw away on her. I'll talk to you later. Bye.
Sesshomaru: Goodbye.
(endflashback)
It felt like forever sinse he had seen their faces. He felt strangely happy though. Sure. He missed practicing, going to party's, and writing songs with his friends, but he had Yukina. Something about her felt so calming and so warm.
Inuyasha didn't move as someone sat down and moved his head onto their lap. His eyes opened halfway as he stared up into Yukina's soft eyes. She was smiling as she ran a hand through his hair. Inuyasha took her hand in his and kissed it lightly. Yukina gave a small blush.
"I think it's time you go back to them. They are your friends and family. Please, you said I could meet them if I wanted." Yukina said suddenly. Inuyasha nodded.
"I have been feeling a little home sick lately. Yeah! Let's go back!" Inuyasha said as he bolted upright. Yukina smiled as Inuyasha took her hand and pulled her up. Their eyes met as smiles formed on both of their lips. Inuyasha and Yukina ran towards an icey blue car and jumped into it.
Sango stared out her window lazily. Her eyes traveled all over the place as did her mind. She and Miroku were having their wedding in about 5 months from now. She was so happy and worried at the same time. Everyone was over here now and in the study room talking. Sango couldn't stand to listen to anyone at the moment.
That's when a car pulled up into her driveway. Sango was curious as one of the doors opened but no one came out.
"Yukina, don't come out yet. I want to surprise them." Inuyasha said. Yukina smirked and nodded as Inuyasha got out of the car.
Sango's eyes went large with happiness as tears welled up in her eyes. She cried out in joy as she ran to the door and threw it open. She ran down the lawn to where Inuyasha stood. She tackeled him and hugged him as hard as she could.
Everyone came to see what was going on. Kagome and Kirara had the same reaction as Sango. All the men just walked up casually and began to pat Inuyasha on the back.
"Where have you been?!" Kagome cried as she clutched onto Inuyasha's shirt. He smiled at Kagome softly and all of his friends.
"I want you to meet someone. Someone really special and close to me, so be nice." Inuyasha said. Kagome released him and everyone stood in a little shock, that he just might have found someone to replace Kikyo already.
Yusuke and Kurama ran to the window when they heard screams coming from next door. They looked past the blinds towards Sango's house. They had assumed the worst.
"What's all the noise over there Urameshi?" Kuwabara asked as he sat on the sofa flipping through a magazine. Yusuke shook his head.
"Looks like Mr. Bass has come back to the Demon Slayers." Yusuke said. Kuwabara gave a sort of snorting sound as he crossed his arms displeased. "Look!" Kurama almost yelled as Inuyasha opened the passanger door to the car. They all scrammbled to the window to see what was happening.
"Yukina!" they all shouted together. Each one had a look of complete shock spread across their faces.
Inuyasha took Yukina's trembling hand in his and lead her towards his friends. Sango, Kagome, and Kirara welcomed her first by rushing forward to greet her.
"She looks like a fine woman. Her eyes are soft and her emotions are real." Miroku said. Inuyasha nodded as Yukina smiled and laughed with the girls. Just then, the door to the house next door flew open. An angry Kuwabara and Hiei stomped out of it and marched over to them.