When she answered, she souded out of breath and she was slightly panting.
"Are you alright honey?" Inuyasha asked, worried slightly.
"Sure, dad. I'm just late for class and i'm running." she panted out.
Inuyasha didn't buy it, but he held his tongue. She was sixteen, and she deserved at least some privacy. "Could you bring Rei back over for dinner? I'm sure he wouldn't mind." Inuyasha asked, a little evil quirk at the corner of his lips.
"Sure, i think it would be fine. He'll just have to call his parents, they'll want to come over and meet you and mom anyways. I gotta go!" she yelled, hanging up.
Inuyasha chuckled, shaking his head. She was so much like her mother.
Kagome would be home before Kaouru, so he didn't have to start supper yet. He changed into his jeans and a teeshirt, grabbed his wallet, a baseball cap, and walked out into the harsh afternoon sunlight.
He ran into town. his muscles singing in happiness at the exertion. Grinning, he took a sharp left in front of a car, it's driver skidded to a stop and stared after the blue and white blur that sped down maine.
He heard the driver cuss at him, and laughed, barely dodging pedestrians crossing the street.
He loved to stir up the city. it was amusing to see the kids come after him open armed. He loved to bring candy out to the playgrounds.
He skidded to a stop in front of the Poi Deli. He stepped in, his wind mussed hair settling onto his back. "Oye, Mr. Taio, You forgot your change!" Yelled kira, the young woman was chasing after the old man as he raced out beside Inuyasha.
"Hey, inu!" the old man grinned as he ran by. Inuyasha caught a whiff of wolf demon. It was the once mowhawked demon that hung around with Kouga. Grinning, Inuyasha stepped aside, then into the shop.
"Oh! Mr Taiyoukai! How are you today?" Kira asked, sighing as she stared after the crazy old wolf demon.
Her fox ears twitched and she sat back down on the seat behind the register.
Laughing, inuyasha picked out a few vegetables and a pack of rice balls before heading up to the counter.
"How's Shira doing?" Inuyasha asked, remembering that last time he had heard, the little one had had a cold.
"She's better now, thanks to that medicine you gave her. Where did you get that? That herb hasn't been around for almost a thousand years." Kira asked, taking Inuyasha's money and giving him his change.
"I have a friend in the medicine industry. it was nothing." he said, dismissing it. "See ya later, and give this to Shira for me." He said, tossing a carved wooden horse.
The wind had picked up when he went back outside. He still had a few hours before Kagome was supposed to be home, so he walked into the candy store.
He left with a jiant bag full of hard and soft candies. He walked into the nearest park and was immediately tackled by toddlers and kindergardeners. Laughing, he picked a few up and flung them over his broad shoulders.
Grinning, he finally knelt and began handing out the candies. There was one kid left that didn't go near him. He was about five, but he sat alone on the bench.
inuyasha's father instinct kicked in and he approached the kid. "What's your name, little one?" he asked, kneeling in front of the boy.
"Toby." The boy mumbled.
"Would you like some candy toby?" He asked, holding out a handful of candy.
The boy looked up at him with painfully sorrowful eyes. "What do i have to do?" He asked in a small voice.
"Nothing. It's yours, if you want it." Inuyasha smiled, growling inside.
He recognised the pattern. The child was being abused.
The boy reached out a tentative hand and took one of the peices of candy. A small peice of chocolate.
"Here." inuyasha said warmly, handing the handful to the startled boy. "Do you want to come have supper with me and my family?" He asked, "I already asked your mommy and daddy and they said it was okay." He said, holding out a calm hand.
The boy's face lit up. He grinned, and inuyasha could see gaps where a tooth was knocked out. It made him sick to know that someone would beat up a defenseless child.
Toby took his hand and hopped off of the bench. "Where we going?" he asked, looking around.
"We're going to talk to a friend of mine, get you something to wear for supper." Inuyasha explained.
The boy grinned and skipped in front of him. "Would you like to stay with us for awhile?" He asked, staring down at the joyful boy.
The boy looked up at him and grinned, nodding, before jumping up toward him.
Inuyasha caught him and swung him around to sit on his shoulders. He felt the hat lifted off of his head and felt the small hands at the base of his ears, stroking and scratching. "How come you got dog ears on the top of your head?" The boy asked, leaning over his head to hand just above his face.
"to hear with, silly. same reason you got ears on the sides of your head." Inuyasha explained, grinning up at the boy.
He walked into the store, flipping the giggling boy over his head to land on the floor. "Hey, Yuri! I have a verry important package to be dressed." he called to the manager. Suddenly, about six store personell popped up out of nowhere, mobbing the boy.
"Where'd you pick this one up, Taiyoukai?" Yuri asked, her long blonde hair framing her dark features perfectly.
"The park down on maine. I'll dress him, you just pick out the outfits." Inuyasha said, plucking the laughing boy from the group of goggling people.
He placed him back on his shoulders and they walked through the store. "Like this one toby?" He asked, showing the boy a pair of denim blue jeans in his size and a black shirt about like his.
The boy nodded vigorously and inuyasha nodded to yuri. He took the boy into the dressing room and sat him down. "Do you care if i change you into these?" He asked, holding up the clothes. "I won't hurt you, i promise."
The boy nodded hesitantly.
Inuyasha took off the boy's shirt and hid a growl. Large purple and blue bruises spotted the boys shoulders and back. "What's your last name, Toby?" He asked.
"Runi." He said, holding his hands up to let them through the sleeves of the shirt. Inuyasha changed him out of his pants and put on the other pair.
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He put the phone on the reciever, grinning in sadistic joy. Toby's parents would pay for doing that to this boy.
"They said you can stay for however long you want." inuyasha said, grinning. He had the apron on and was preparing supper while the boy sat, messily turning the large spoon in the chocolate mix.
Toby stuck a finger in and licked it, mimicing inuyasha.
"Tastes good." Inuyasha said.
The door closed and his wife walked into the kitched, not at all surprised by the boy sitting at the counter.
"Hey, honey. How was your day?" Inuyasha asked, kissing her on the cheek.
"Work sucks." She said, grinning as she stuck her finger into the chocolate mix too. "What's your name?" She asked toby in a small voice.
"Toby." He said, licking the spoon carefully, his little pink tongue flicking over the wood cautiously.
"My name's Kagome. Nice to meet you Toby. I'm The cook's wife." she said, grinning, pointing to Inuyasha.
she caught the apple thrown at the back of her head and set it down."Don't eat too much of that chocolate, you'll ruin your dinner." she said, walking upstairs to shower and change.
"She's nice." Toby said, staring at the open doorway.
"She's great." Inuyasha said, staring in the same direction before his nose picked up the scent of ready-to-burn steak.
He hurriedly flipped them and set down the spatula to grab some plates.
"Hey, toby. Wanna help me set out the plates?" He asked.
"Sure!"
"Wash your hands, then." He said, pulling the stool up to the sink so that the boy could wash his hands.
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Inuyasha hadn't heard Kaouru come home yet. It worried him slightly.
He walked into the front hall and peeked out of the eye-hole.
His perfect little girl was being kissed by the boy she had brought home!
Growling, Inuyasha slammed open the door and drug the boy away from her.
"Daddy!" Kaouru yelled, slamming a fist into the back of his shoulder. "Let him go or i'll get mom!" She screamed.
Inuyasha felt his eyes bleed pink and he let the boy go. He raced past the kitchen and into the livingroom, grabbing the Tetsuaiga, which hummed with power under his touch.
Kagome was in the kitchen when he had raced by and was at the door now.
"He was kissing Kaouru on the front porch!" He hissed at her questioning look.
She laughed at him. She actually LAUGHED at him!
He narrowed his eyes and appeared behind her. He wrapped his arms around her and nibbled at the smooth skin at the base of her neck.
"Supper's gonna burn if you don't stop." She reminded him.
He licked her throat and disappeared into the kitchen.
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Kaouru was outside, kneeling beside the stunned Rei.
"Sorry, daddy's a little weird. I'm soo sorry." she was saying, her face red.
"It's alright. My mom said that her dad did that to my dad too." He said, sitting up.
"Come on inside you two. supper's almost ready." Kagome called from the doorway.
"Miss, taiyoukai, is it alright if my family joined us for supper? it's just my mom and grandparents." Rei asked, still on the lawn.
"Sure, we'd be glad to have them." Kagome grinned, tossing him the phone.
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Peoples, I love you all for reviewing so vigorously. I didn't think it was all that good. Thank you for your ideals. I think i have an idea how to do the next few chapters. I have another fic up that i would be grateful if you would read. It's called Walking softly. It's funny, i think. Kagome is kick-butt in this one, and she has spikey pink hair.
Anyways, thanks again for reviewing, i hope you keep with me until this fic is finished.
all in due time, my dear. -a person from tv.
