To The Fans
Everyone:
I'm sorry for not updating in like, a year! I had a writers confidence
… ruin… esque thing so I stopped writing period! … I promise I'll keep
it up as long as I get reviews and I know readers are well, reading
this story!
And you'll have to forgive me if anything has been repeated due to copy/paste, other formating doohickies and stuff like that
I've been really excited to get a chapter out in over a year thats 3350-some words long! So excuse the mistakes, and enjoy!
From The Author
Also, since its been a year, I'm gonna change the title, since - I don't think I could write an entire story that has a main focus on bowling. It'll be a side thing, but I think it'll equally be enjoyable if I use typical InuYasha themes and qualities and incorperate that into the AU.
You may be asking why I'm changing the title to "Dissonance:Rebirth"
Well, Dissonance is a group of sounds or melodies that are not.. Pleasant to the (human) ear. Well, this story originally was going to deal with InuYashas struggle to become a full demon and they he copes with .. Different things. These group of demons that are unpleasant in general, is where Dissonance comes from. Rebirth.. Well, you'll see in later chapters.
Dissonance: Rebirth
By: Kouga
DISCLAIMER: Oh yeah, these characters aren't mine. So… like, .. You can't sue me…. And stuff….
Chapter 4 "Clash of the Brothers!"
"Who's
there?" asked InuYasha with a stern voice. Kagome grasped InuYashas arm
at the elbow and stood back as the infuriated bowlers came from the two
large shrubs by the stairs from which InuYasha and Kagome had just
climbed. "No one easily beats the Thunder Brothers in a game of bowling"
Hiten
exclaimed. "No one!" Manten instigated. InuYasha ripped his arm from
Kagome's grasp and pressed his hand to her stomach lightly and pushed
her back slightly. "Get back!" he barked. The phone began ringing from
the inside, but Kagome was too frightened to worry about a single phone
call.
"D..demo! InuYasha!" Kagome said as she backed away with
her hands over her stomach where InuYashas just was. "Christ Kagome get
your ass inside NOW!". Kagome yelped and backed herself against the
door, cursing herself for not having the keys to the house on her. Her
mother, brother and grandfather weren't home either... "A mixed
blessing..." she thought.
Hiten and Manten forwarded the two and
InuYasha slowly stepped backwards. Poor Kagome had nowhere to go except
for a corner. Manten anticipated the young womans movement and leaped
after her as she darted from InuYashas left. InuYasha growled and
cursed her out mentally while jumping after him. Hiten stood back and
watched humorously as Manten viciously grabbed Kagome's forearm and
pulled her to his chest. His fingers and thumb strongly digging into
her flesh. She yelped and tried to pull her arm back instinctively but
that only worsened the pain. Manten's sharpened front teeth reveiled
themselves in his vile grin. He was knocked forward onto the ground on
his knees with a swift flat fisted punch between the shoulder blades.
Manten pulled Kagome down with him but she rolled away from the fiends
grasp. He leaned over and reached for her but was only kicked down by
InuYasha. As Manten rolled in pain, Hiten offensively went after
InuYasha, seeing him as a cause of torment to his brother. Not clearly
paying attention to everything about him, InuYasha was caught off guard
by Hiten's tackle and he too was on the ground quickly. He picked
himself up and turned around with his leg in the air, slamming the side
of his foot to Hiten's left cheek. Kagome watched Hiten's face jolt to
the direction of InuYasha's foot and winced at the cracking noise
Hiten's noise emitted from the force of the roundhouse.
Right after Manten recooperated from his fall, he darted after InuYasha while Hiten, though with his neck, chased a yelping Kagome - Miroku appeared from the bottom of the stairs and rushed to the top hollaring "InuYasha! Kagome!". InuYasha looked back and sighed quickly with relief, and turned back to be invited by a rough punch. InuYasha stepped back and Miroku made it in time to prevent InuYasha from falling. InuYasha stood straight and both Manten and InuYasha stared at eachother as if hatred took form of sparks which grew and ignited a catastrophic flare. InuYasha snarled and simply scored a swift blow to Manten's collarbone with the flats of his knuckles and Manten fell backwards yelping in pain. Hiten crawled over to Manten.
"We
give..." Hiten whispered. InuYasha kicked Hiten back down to the
ground. "That's not enough you kurd!" InuYasha exclaimed. Miroku
grabbed InuYasha's shoulder with a wince.
"Hey.. Don't think you're over doing it?"
Miroku got his hand ripped off his pal's shoulder and a cold snarl.
"Leave.
And don't show your face here again." InuYasha said, looking down at
both Thunder Brothers. Hiten nodded and helped Manten up. Manten
openned his mouth to say something but InuYasha feigned another deadly
flat knuckled punch and Manten not only backed up but kept quiet also.
Hiten pulled Manten back and both turned and ran down the stairs of the
Higurashi residence. InuYasha with his POed face, looked down and gave
one heavy sigh. Miroku, worried.. asked Kagome and InuYasha if they
were alright. Kagome, standing by the door to the house now nodded.
"H-Hai.. We're okay"
"Sango was really worried. I dropped her off,
and she called me on the road telling me that I should check on you
didn't pick up your phone. Especially after that little incident after
the game." Miroku explained.
InuYasha looked up and faced Miroku with a poker face.
"Things
are fine. They were only Hiten and Manten for christs sake. They rely
on throwing bowling balls when they throw tantrums. How bad could
things really be?" InuYasha asked.
Miroku narrowed his eyes towards his reckless friend and folded his arms while walking towards Kagome. "Well, you're the one who was blasted by a bowling ball earlier.. I wouldn't be surprised if you're actually screaming in pain right now but are just too proud to admit it."
Kagome, switched her view from Miroku with attentive eyes, to InuYasha with concerned eyes. "InuYasha?" She asked.
"It didn't occur to me that he was hurt.. he was fine 'til now.." she mentioned.
Miroku nodded and growled at InuYasha like any good friend.
"He hides things like that. It's just like him." he said as he shrugged and walked back towards InuYasha and passed him.
InuYasha only shook his head with a slight mumble and ignored what ever else Miroku was whining about.
"Whatever. Get outta here. I'll see you tomorrow Miro"
"Call Sango when you're all set, she's worried about you Kagome."
Miroku turned and headed down the stairs infront of the estate. InuYasha then turned to face Kagome as they both slowly walked closer to eachother. The angry glaze over InuYasha's eyes disapated quickly when Kagome's concern began to show through. She gently rubbed the small of his back with her hand and InuYasha growled only a minute after she touched him. Kagome jumped back and threw her hands behind her.
"Gomen!"
InuYasha continued to quickly growl stubbornly. "Don't do that again"
Kagome nodded and turned back to the door. "It's locked.. so I can't get you any pain killers"
She
sighed and turned back to InuYasha, confused to find that he wasn't
there. She looked about and around until she found his ponytail blowing
in the wind over the roof.
"InuYasha?"
It wasn't long before
that flowing tail disappeared into the roof. Shortly later, Kagome
walked up to the door after she began hearing noises from the door
handle. The back door swung open and there stood InuYasha.
"You guys
have crappy locks... anyone could pick these ya' know.." He said as he
stood there, his back straight as an arrow. Kagome looked up at him
slightly surprised, looked at him and the door knob. "Arigatou! .. Let
me get you pain killers for your back!"
"'Keh, I don't need them. But I should be going. I've things I need to get done before I go home"
"Oh come on now it's the least I can do for you! You saved me from those vandalists!" she insisted.
InuYasha grunted and gave her a cold stare. "Those, were NOT vandalists. THOSE, were after ME... which is why I need to go"
He
turned around and Kagome opened her mouth to say something but they
both stopped as they saw long flowing white hair raising from the stone
stairway. In black armani, the tall, fit young man spoke in a very
deep, yet attractive voice that Kagome almost fell over swooning from.
"You need not go anywhere but home, InuYasha. Also, you need not take
hospitality from others. You will go home immediately." the white
haired one said swiftly.
InuYasha bared his fangs and cracked all
of his twenty knuckles. "Fuck off Sesshomaru! I will go home when I am
good and ready! ... I've no interest with those pricks"
Sesshoumaru
grunted at InuYashas foul mouth, and stepped forward to InuYasha and
lifted him off the ground with ease by the throat. "Watch your tongue
around the lady"
InuYasha impaled his hands into Sesshoumarus sides
causing his brother to let go. Sesshoumaru stepped back grabbing his
abdomen and InuYasha fell to the ground on his knees, grasping his
throat and forcing air through his esophogus. Kagome worriedly dashed
to InuYashas side and looked at him protectively.
"Are you okay?" she asked, then looked up to his older brother and shouted. "Just what do you think you are doing"
Sesshoumaru
shook his head and took his composure back. He turned around and waved
with his index and middle finger as his hair casually swayed left and
right in the wind.
"If I find out that you've laid so much as a claw
on those boys.. I will make sure you will understand 'eternal pain'".
InuYasha pegged his brother off with the finger, and watched him walk
down the stairs. Only under after he heard rubber burning on concrete,
did he feel it safe to get up. Kagome put her hand on InuYashas
shoulder.
The silence was there for a few minutes, as Kagome closed her eyes, her hand still on InuYashas shoulder.
"...
You look like you need those pain killers. Do you feel well enough to
go home by yourself? I know you won't say yes if I asked you to stay
here awhile."
He left... she thought to herself as the feel of the fabric of InuYashas shirt left her fingers.
"InuYasha"
She opened her eyes when she heard a light thud.
"InuYasha!" Kagome cried, looking down at an unconscious InuYasha.
"Mommy!"
"Mommyyyy!"
"Yes? What is it dear?"
He opened his eyes to see that he was in his room, with the lights on. He blinked several times, adjusting to his lighted bedroom.
"Mommy! I had a nightmare!"
A six year old InuYasha whined, sitting up in his bed, covered in sheets after comforters and such. His mother, tall, thin, and incredibly beautiful even in her nightwear, came to sit by his side and hug him to her chest. Shushing him calmly, she asked.. "It's okay now sweetheart, mommy is here.."
Sniffling against his mothers bosom, he looked up at her and bravely asked if there were any monsters in the world that looked like humans. The question startled the young mother of only 26.
Katarina Ariadne married into a family of demons 7 years ago and only 6 years ago did she bear her first son. Swearing not to tell anyone that her husband, and step-son were full blood demons, she quietly forget the subject and hid it even from her son. Demons.. she thought. She was raised, with the belief that demons were only myth. Mythical beasts so evil that even hell rejected them. But her mate, Inutaisho .. he was different. She blinked and looked at her son InuYasha lovingly. InuYasha yawned and snuggled against his mother and shut his eyes.
A tall young man, with long white hair and a crescent moon pierced into the flesh of his forehead - stood at the doorway.
"Don't lie to him Katarina. Shadow spirits such as wraiths and
other ghouls will take him if you do not take care of him when he sleeps"
InuYasha
shuttered at those words against his mothers side and his grip around
her waist only tightened, much more almost that Katarina could not
breath for a moment.
She glared at Sesshomaru, standing in the doorway. "Don't fib like that Sesshou.. that is not true! You know your father and I would not let such a thing like that happen to you boys! Especially InuYasha! Don't scare him like that!"
InuYasha sniffled again and did not let go. Katarina cooed him back to a calm state.
Sesshoumaru
only grunted at Katarina's reply. He opened his mouth to say something
cold and rotten again but nearly blacked out as he felt a hard
something... hit the back of his head. Katarina gasped and InuYasha
flinched, his eyes still closed. Sesshoumaru planted his face into the
carpetted floor of his younger half-brothers room.
He rolled onto his back, rubbing the back of his head, only looking up to his father who was now standing in the doorway.
"Sesshoumaru, your mother and I tell you constantly that it is not right to pick on your brother like that.. if you can't learn when we tell you that, then I'll physically show you that I will not tolerate it." InuYasha's father said.
Sesshoumaru grunted again and stood up, walking past his father without even sharing an eyes glance and left the scene. InuTaisho sat down on the bed, the other side of InuYasha and put his arm around his son. Katarina let go and watched her two favorite men in the world, bond. She was almost jealous.. that no matter what InuYasha would never take after her, and would always bear InuTaisho's dominating genes.
InuYasha began to doze off, and everything slowly went black again.
His mother, father, began to disappear.
Even his room, and the bed he lie on.
His ears perked up to a quiet rain sound, beating over a soft violin melody.
"Mommy?" He called after.
No responce.
"Mom?" He tried again, his voice getting deeper. His legs and arms growing longer and beginning to split his clothing. His hair growing softer and longer. More white than ever.
"Mother?" He called again, skeptical at what was going on. He slid out from his sitting position and stood up. He began walking straight. His bare feet felt cold as he continued stepping forward. His hair tickled the small of his back and his rear end.
"Where... did everyone go?" He asked outloud.
A sinister laugh though quietly echoed around him. InuYasha stopped and looked around in three-sixty degrees.
"InuYasha! .. You are your own worst enemy!"
InuYasha growled at the fact that he was being taunted by someone he couldn't lay his eyes on.
"You're so easily upset! Hahahaaaa... You're already looking for someones face to bash in and you have no idea where to begin looking!"
The laugh grew louder, and louder, and InuYasha began getting more and more anger.
"... You did it, InuYasha. I hope you are proud of yourself.."
InuYasha, turned around and there his mirror image was, standing next to his brother Sesshoumaru.
"Sesshoumaru!" He and his mirror image said.
InuYasha raised his right hand, and so did his mirror.
He stepped forward, and so did his mirror.
Sesshoumaru watched quietly, as InuYasha continued playing with this mirror image.
But InuYasha was not prepared for his mirror to act on its own. InuYasha sent a flying fist forward, and the mirror stood there, his chest moving up and down as if it were breathing.
InuYasha blinked, and began stepping backwards as his mirror began stepping forward.
"Sesshoumaru? What is that?" InuYasha asked his brother, nervous. His brother said nothing.
"Sesshoumaru!" InuYasha cried out as he fell backwards onto the ground, raising his arms in front of his face to protect himself from his mirrors sharp claws that split through air...
"I shall help no one.." said Sesshoumaru, quietly.
"Sesshou.. maru.." InuYasha whispered, laying naked on the blackness of his own nightmare.
Sesshomaru smirked as his cheeks were sprayed with crimson blood.
InuYasha jerked awake and instantly sat up, "SESSHOUMARU!" he exclaimed. Kagome, startled, nearly fell off the couch but she crawled closer to InuYasha who she dragged into the house and let him lie on her living room couch after he passed out. She wiped the sweat off of his forehead and then dried it on the comforter she put over him. Heavily breathing, he blinked several times trying to figure out where in hell he was. Noticing the placement of the furniture, and the scent of the air in the house, he knew he was inside the Higurashi house.
And strangly enough, he knew he was safe, even if it were only temporary.
"InuYasha - relax! It was only a dream!" Kagome said, concerned. She tried reading InuYasha by looking at him straight in the eyes but the purple hue his eyes gave off made it a difficult to read his emotions. She did not know if he was worried, upset, or just scared. Then again.. she thought to herself, I don't think I've ever met a boy with violet eyes..
Kagome giggled to herself, and InuYasha growled.
"Just what are you laughing at?" he barked out at her.
She raised her eyebrows at him. "What do you mean? I wasn't laughing at you!"
He only grunted and shook his head, sitting up and swinging his legs of the couch and placing his feet on the floor.
Kagome stood up quickly and pressed her hands against his chest while standing in front of him.
He's really built.. she thought absentmindedly as she pushed him back onto the couch.
She blinked and pouted at him. "You need to stay here or you will wake everyone up. You can leave tomorrow morning, I don't care - but as long as you at least rest first!"
InuYasha looked around and he didn't see any blue clear skies. He also didn't see any clocks anywhere. "What time is it?"
Kagome pointed to the TV that had the weather channel on it giving local time. "It's 4 AM .. baka .." She whispered, sitting back down on the couch.
He yawned and tried to stretch, but every bone that cracked in his body only unusually gave him jolts of searing pain. He whimpered as he lay back down onto the couch. Kagome sat down beside him on the edge as she tried to helpfully massage the spots where he was grabbing in pain.
After several minutes, InuYasha looked up at her. "You've been watching me the entire time.. haven't you.. ?"
Kagome looked down at him, waiting for him to break the ice. "Yeah, I have been." she said quietly as she looked back at the TV, not paying attention to it at all.
InuYasha thought of what he could possibly be say to thank her .. but it just wasn't coming out for some reason. He began to mentally curse himself for it, but he couldn't just bring himself to calmly say 'thank you'.
He pat his hand down on the pillow beside him and as if paying attention to him and only him, Kagome laid down and covered the other half of the couch they split between themselves. InuYashas head right beside Kagomes. This thought was, (however InuYasha put it, it was still) pleasent. His eyes slowly drifted shut.
Soon after, openning his eyes again, InuYasha had to squint, to see the time beyond the evil glare of the TV, but it read 5:38 AM, Dakota Falls Local Time. He looked up but didn't see Kagome. He sat up and turned around. She was still there, sleeping silently right next to him. He softly smiled, and laid back down. He leaned on his elbows, and pressed a soft kiss to her forehead, and put his head back down by hers, reached for the remote on the floor, and turned the TV off - and closed his eyes.
"Arigatou.. gozaimasu - Higurashi Kagome.."
Story Record
3/15/05 - Dissonance: Rebirth Chapter 4 - Clash of the Brothers - 100 Completed and Posted
3/23/05 - Dissonance: Rebirth Chapter 5 - A Demon's Tail - 0 Completed not Posted
