DOGMAN I:
A HERO IS BORN
Chapter one:
She got dressed in a pale pink tank top, white skirt with tiny ladybugs that reached her knees, and a light denim jacket. She put on her white Tennis shoes before running out the door."Umff!" She hit someone.
"Hey watch where you are going b- Oh Kagome it's you. Sorry, I was running late so I wasn't really watching where I was going." He gave his neighbor a hand. She took it.
"It's okay Inu, I was running just like you." They just stood there staring into each other's eyes. They realized they were still holding hands and gently let go. They were just friends, very good friends. They began walking down the street together. He was wearing a red muscle shirt and carpenter pants. His long ebony hair was uncombed and in his eyes. Her onyx hair shimmered in the morning sun. He noticed.
"So Kagome...you going to ride the bus this morning?" he asked."No, I don't think so, I'd rather walk. It's really quiet in the morning, it's nice. Besides I have to drop something off at work."
He knew her answer, but he always wished it would change. He was her best friend. She never really talked to him in school. He knew it was because of his other friends. He would drop them all for her, but he knew she would never forgive herself if he did, even if she didn't really do anything.
They went their separate ways once they reached Magnolia Street. He walked to the bus stop and waited for the school bus. She continued walking to the Newspaper Office. He watched her as she walked. 'She is so quiet. I wish my other friends were like her, but then she wouldn't be as special as she is to me. I really wish she would hang out with me at school. She is just so much more interesting then most of my other friends
"Inuyasha" he heard a voice call out his name. "Inuyasha!"
"What!!!!!" he yelled out in anger. He turned around and saw Miroku, another of his best friends. He was wearing a dark purple Old Navy shirt and some black jeans. He was also wearing a perverted smile. "You know, she really is pretty cute. I don't blame you for looking at her that way."
Inuyasha turned pink. 'I was looking at her in a weird way?' Miroku laughed at Inuyasha' s reaction. "Just kidding Inu, besides you have a girlfriend, I know you were just looking at her like...well...like you were thinking something about her...do you even know her Inu?"
Miroku was a little confused. For once he couldn't think of a name for a look. He knew that girl from school, but had never talked to her. She seemed nice to other people, but also looked like she wanted to be alone. 'Why was Inu looking at her that way? I mean it wasn't in THAT way, but it looked like he knew her. When did he ever talk to her? I'm always around him and I have never seen them talk. Weird. Probably nothing. Definitely nothing, Inuyasha is in love with Kikyo.'
The bus stopped and they hopped in. They took their normal seats in the back and silently watched the road go by. Neither of them was really a morning person. The bus stopped and two students, Yura and Ayumi (not Kag's friend in this story), walked in. They sat in front of Inuyasha and Miroku. They were Kikyo' s friends, but Inuyasha didn't really know them all that well. They were talking and of course the guys listened without the girls noticing.
"...Yea you're right that is funny. So...how about that Higurashi girl?"
"What about her?"
"Did you see those scores on her tests?"
"O yea, she got, like, over a 98 percent on all of them."
"I heard that she slept with Mr. Myouga."
"Couldn't have been that good if she only got a 98 percent." They laughed. Miroku noticed his friend tense up from the beginning of this conversation.
'Why? Can't ask, I'll never get anything out of that numbskull' he laughed at an old memory of Inuyasha' s stubbornness.
Back to the girls: "That little whore. Well anyways did you hear about, like..." Inuyasha was mad. No one talks about his friend that way. 'But...Kagome probably wouldn't want to have that extra attention called to her if I did anything.' He sighed.
Kagome's Point of view:
She had just separated away from Inuyasha. She was heading to work. She jumped when she felt a tap on her shoulder.
"Oh Sango, hi." Sango was Kagome's friend from work. Sango was about twenty, but very childish some times. She thought Kagome was very mature for her age.
"Hey kido, man we need a good story or we are going to loose a lot of money in the next week."
"Yea, well I have been trying so hard, but there really isn't anything interesting happening in this small town."
" Yea, I know, and that is why I am going to use the Internet to find some country or global news that will get us some attention."
"Ooo, good thinking Sango." They walked the rest of the way in silence. They both enjoyed the 'calm before the storm'( the storm being the busy work day) as they would call it. They went up to the third floor where Sango' s cubicle was. It was one of the largest in the building. She had been with the company for a while now, ever since high school when she was only fourteen. She was a great editor and writer. Kagome put down some pictures in front of Sango.
"So these should be good for tomorrow."
"Oh Kagome these are excellent, soon you could be a famous photographer. Oh the possibilities!" Sango got star-eyed. She had always had dreams of knowing a helping a person become famous. She did not want to be famous herself, but she wanted to help people excel at what they were good at so they could one day be known for that talent. She let Kagome take pictures or select artwork for all her stories. They were a great team, and Sango was so happy for the teenager.
Kagome had finished putting the pictures in their correct places and then she left for school. 'Oh, I really wish Sango was my age, and then I would have a friend at school. But wait, I already do, Inuyasha. Why don't I hang out with him? He's offered so many times. I make myself so lonely.'
She sighed and walked to her school. It was a dull day. She had been really bored. Classes flew by, but it still seemed long and boring. When the final bell rang Kagome began walking home, Sango would call her about her job later. She almost jumped out of her skin when she felt a tap on the shoulder.
"Oh Houjo, it's only you." Houjo looked slightly flushed and Kagome was a little ?" Okay so she didn't hear the last part at first but then she figured it out in her head.
"Why of course you can." She smiled at the blushing boy as they walked to her house. They just walked in silence because Houjo was too nervous and Kagome just liked the silence. They reached the stoop and they stood still.
"Well...um thanks Houjo, it was nice of you to do that." She smiled. He looked hopeful.
"So...bye." She waved. His look of hopefulness disappeared. She didn't even know what it was for. 'What does he want?'
"Well, bye Kagome, see you tomorrow." He was about to turn then she realized something. She gave him a peck on the cheek and said, "See you tomorrow."
She walked in her house and closed the door. Houjo just stood there for a while smiling. When he left, loud yelling could be heard even out side of Kagome's house. "Kagome, so that is what you have been doing after school? You are a whore, Kagome, you know that, a WHORE!" tears sprang from Kagome's eyes and she ran out of the house. She hit something hard and looked up to see who it was, but she wasn't the first to speak.
"Kagome!"
"Inuyasha" she got out between sobs. She put her arms around his neck and sobbed into his shirt. He slowly lifted her chin up and spoke to her.
"So I guess you don't want to do your homework at your house right now. Come with me." He led her into his house. He and his brother lived there together. Their parents had passed on, so they were on their own. His brother was sitting on a chair in by the kitchen table. His silver hair was straight and shining in the dim light of the room. He sighed silently. This wasn't the first time this had happened. He felt sorry for the girl, but felt she wouldn't want attention from too many people so he just turned back to his morning paper he had just started at four in the afternoon.
Inuyasha and Kagome slowly walked up from the stairs to his room. Kagome sat on his bed and put his comforter around her body. Inuyasha sat on his desk chair and stared at her for a moment. It was about five minutes and Inuyasha decided to break the silence.
"So what happened this time?"
"She saw me kiss Houjo." Somehow these words upset Inuyasha. Any time a boy was seen near Kagome, her mother, a drunk, would insult Kagome and upset her. Every time Inuyasha found himself staring with pity at the girl. 'Life seems so unfair to a person as great as she is' He sighed and walked toward the bed.
She looked up into his eyes. She smiled. He smiled back. He never really asked questions about what happened. What she did with other guys wasn't his business, and he could hear anything her mother said. 'I hope he is always there for me. I love looking into his eyes. They are very pretty. I hope my husband' s eyes are at least half as beautiful as his. His are the only eyes I ever look into. Maybe that is why we are such good friends. We always seem to know what the other is thinking. I can see it all in his eyes. Wonder how he knows about me?'
He sat down next to her. 'Those eyes! They tell me everything. She is so hurt from her mother. I really wish I could do something about it. Why was she kissing that Houjo guy?' he shook that thought out of his head. 'Man I'm way to over protective of her.'
"So Inu, what's for...for...am I interrupting something?" their heads shot up away from each other' s gaze. Miroku was standing there confused. 'Oh, it's Inuyasha' s friend Maraca or something like that' 'what the hell is he doing here? We aren't doing our homework togeth- oh wait, yes we are. This sure doesn't look good.'
"Oh Miroku, hi. No you aren't interrupting ANYTHING, Kagome here is going to do her homework with us." Miroku shrugged and plopped down on the other side of Kagome.
He looked at her. 'This is the girl Inuyasha was staring at earlier. They know each other? Why is she wrapped up in his blanket?' Inuyasha caught Miroku' s stare "She was cold, so I let her use it." Miroku nodded.
"So you guys actually know each other?" Kagome nodded.
Inuyasha said, "Yea, we have been best friends and neighbors for a long time now." Miroku' s eyes widened a bit as well as Kagome' s. 'He actually wanted his friends to know?'
"So, let me get this straight...not only do you have ANOTHER best friend other than myself, of course, but you never introduced us, or informed us that the other even existed? I'm hurt Inu, hurt I say!" Miroku made a shocked expression and 'fainted'. Inuyasha sighed at his friend's antics.
" Well, actually, Kagome knew about you all along." Kagome smiled and waved to Miroku.
"Well that's a rip off. I never got to formally introduce myself."
"You don't have to." Kagome replied.
"But I insist"
"NO, really you don't have to."
"BUT-"
"Look Miroku, I already told her ABOUT you!" Inuyasha yelled.(Yes...Miroku's...'antics')
Miroku sighed, " So close too."
"And don't you ever try anything like that, EVER, not on her." Miroku held his head down.
"Yea, you have been warned, plus if my mother saw it she would have killed me."
"Well almost every girl's mom would."
"Yea, but you see, my mom is a drunk, and she has these weird mood swings, so she would probably literally kill me."
"Oh" Miroku said.
'I didn't think she'd want other people to know that. I am surprised she'd tell Miroku, especially because she just now met him.' thought Inuyasha.
" And if you are wondering why I told you that, it's because Inu seems to really trust you. He mentions you all the time so it almost feels like I know and trust you." The guys took a few minutes to take all that in yes both of them.
"Well, Kagome, I'm sorry I can't say the same about you."
"That's okay, Inuyasha never talks about me because he knows I don't want people meeting me from another person, if you know what I mean, through gossip, and stuff like that."
Miroku nodded in understanding. Inuyasha was surprised that she knew about his thoughts. "My dad's a drunk." Said Miroku. Inuyasha was even more surprised.
'How could these guys just tell each other that kind of stuff so quickly?' thought Inuyasha.
"I have to work to support us."
"Well, my mom married this bastard, Naraku. He pays the bills, but he...he...I don't know...he makes me uncomfortable, and I don't like being that way."
"Well, you know, all you have to do is ask and either Inu or I can help you."
"I knew that, Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru have both been a great help." They sat in silence.
"Well, aren't we supposed to do our homework?" Kagome brought up. Then they started their work, they all had the same classes, but they just went at different times.
"Well, I have to go home now. Mom's asleep, and that's the best time to go home. She would freak out if she knew I was in a bedroom with two guys for four hours. Bye."
She waved. Inuyasha and Miroku said their goodbyes to her then looked each other in the face. "Inuyasha why didn't you ever tell me about her?"
"Because I didn't think she wanted that attention."
"Inuyasha, it's good of you to not blab on and on about her, but I mean, she's so lonely. Why don't you hang out with her at school?"
"She doesn't like some of our friends."
"Who?"
"Kikyo."
"Then why don't you dump her?"
"Kagome?" (Inuyasha is SO dense...)
"No, you moron, Kikyo."
"Why?"
"Look Inu, I know you love Kikyo and all, but she's mean. Besides, you and Kagome could make a great couple. You could always be there to protect her. You could stop rumors about her at school and it wouldn't be suspicious. Inuyasha she needs you, if you guys don't want to date, you could at least be her friend."
" I am her friend." Miroku shook his head.
"Do you have any idea what it's like to have a drunk as a parent? NO! Well I do. It's hard. You know they don't mean what they say, but what hurts you is that they know what they do to you when they are drunk, but they keep on drinking anyway. It's one thing if your parent hates you like my mom hates me, but when your parent doesn't care, that hurts a hell of a lot more!"
Inuyasha looked down and frowned. "I just don't know what to do." He admitted, defeated. Miroku said bye and left home. Inuyasha stood up and walked outside. He couldn't see much, just what the streetlights illuminated.
He sat on a bench and thought about Kikyo, Kagome, and Miroku. 'How is it that the first time my two friends meet, the time I thought I'd be really happy, I am confused and even a little mad?' He put his fists up in balls and punched the side of the bench. His hand went right through and the bench, or what was left of it, fell down, taking him with it.
"What the?" 'How did I do that? How old was that bench?' he picked up his hand.
"Holy cra-" he was cut off when a hand came to his mouth. Another hand spun him around and he saw his brother standing in front of him. "Sesshoumaru, did you see that? What just happened?"
"Sssshhhh...Inuyasha, you don't want to call attention to yourself!" Inuyasha was confused. His fingernails had grown into claws and his brother seemed perfectly calm about it. They stood in silence.
A warm breeze blew by and Inuyasha say strands of silver hair come from behind him. 'Weird, Sessh is the only one with hair that color, or at least from what I know.' He turned around. No one there. That could only mean one thing.
"Oh, no"
"Let me explain Inuyasha, but first we have to go somewhere where no one can hear us. It's for your own good." They silently walked towards their house. When they finally reached it, they both took seats by the kitchen table.
Sesshoumaru started, "You see how I have silver hair?" Inuyasha nodded.
"Well, it's because I am a youkai."
"A what!" Inuyasha said in confusion.
"Yes Inuyasha, I am a youkai." Inuyasha pointed to himself.
"No." Now Inuyasha was confused. If he wasn't a youkai also, then exactly what was he?
"You are a hanyou."
"Okay..." Inuyasha thought for a moment, "so that means dad was a youkai, and mom was a...human? And your mom must have been a youkai."
"Exactly."
"Then why didn't it show until now?" questioned Inuyasha. Sesshoumaru answered,
"Because there was a spell put on you."
"To be a human?" Sesshoumaru nodded.
"So, why?" Sesshoumaru was quiet for a while.
"Well our parents decided that you should look like you were one or the other, human or demon, and your mother choose for you to be a human just like her."
"Okayyy..." was all Inuyasha could get out. "So that's how you got hear so fast when you must have been inside a while ago? Because you are a youkai?" Sesshoumaru nodded again.
"So how do I get back to my human form?"
And that's the end of the first chapter. I actually edited it! Be proud of me! SO...how'd you like it? Plz Review! I'm begging you!I really need reviews...it's not frusterating unless you have pop-up blocker, then the review page might not come up...otherwise Pls review ppls!!!!!!!!!
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