Inuyasha and Kagome left the park walking towards her house. "So Kagome, how'd you really get that bruise", Inuyasha asked carefully he didn't believe the bull about her getting that big of a bruise on accident. She looked at Inuyasha. "Don't worry about it Inuyasha, really its not anything to worry about", she said looking slightly worried that he would say something more. Inuyasha remained silent; he didn't want to get her mad again he'd figure it out, it was probably nothing. As they walked across town Inuyasha remembered what Miroku had said. Whoops, he thought, oh well he'll never know…that is if Kouga doesn't beat me up on the way home, damn that guy. Inuyasha looked at Kagome to see she was deep in thought. So he doesn't believe me? Well I guess I wouldn't believe myself either, but he just can't know the truth would only bring him grief.
As they neared her house she smiled at him. "Thank-you Inuyasha, but you really didn't have to walk me home." "Ya, ya whatever I was bored don't flatter yourself", he said somewhat fast and with a nervous look on his face. " Whatever you say Inuyasha", she said smiling. With that she walked up to her house feeling happy. She didn't remember the last time she was really truly happy, and it wasn't just an act. But she didn't only feel happy…she felt something stronger. But what could it be, she wondered, could it be that I love him? No, that's impossible I've only known him for what, four days. But I feel like I know him so well. Like there's a connection between us. She turned around only to see him standing there waiting for her to go in. He's so sweet, always looking out for me. she quietly let herself in still wondering what she felt for him.
After she went in he began walking, Miroku would be pissed at him if he found out that he had left when he had told him not to. Finally the park was in sight, he decided to walk through there towards his street. When he walked in Miroku was getting ready for work. "You coming Yasha?" oh that's right he remembered Miroku was trying to get him a job at the bar he worked at. "Yeah sure", he said. Grabbing some nice work clothes out of Miroku's closet cause he had none himself. " I hate these fucking "nice" clothes", he thought. He sighed, " but we need the money", he said more to himself as he threw on one of those button up shirts that he despised only to find it two sizes to big for him. Miroku had well toned muscles, but he wasn't one of those really big guys, and he was also three years older then him making his shirt huge on Inuyasha. He walked out, "hey Miroku your shirts way to big on me what size are you anyway." Miroku was in a hurry. " stop fooling around Inuyasha its better then what you usually wear anyways." "Oh ya sure he wears the same thing as me but suddenly I can't dress", Inuyasha mumbled under his breath glaring at the back of Miroku's head. They got into Miroku's car and headed towards one of the rougher places in town, stepping out of Miroku's car he stepped in looking around. Miroku had to go work on that side of town because nobody else really wanted some kids help. The place was just some crappy bar. Inuyasha looked around, the place was deserted other then about three or four men laughing. Miroku walked up to a drunken old man probably in his sixties and started pointing to Inuyasha and talking, the man was half out of it so he just nodded not really caring if some fourteen year old was goanna be working at his bar illegally. The man looked at Inuyasha and signaled for him to come over. Inuyasha did as told and walked over to the drunken man. "Hey kid your bartender got that", Inuyasha nodded but Miroku objected. "Sir he's only fourteen can't he just clean the place?" "you heard me it's a little ruff but this kid will handle it or he'll be fired." Miroku was about to start again but Inuyasha put a hand on his shoulder looking at him seriously, "look remember we need this job you and I have no money from our parents only what we've got now so if I have to work in a bar so be it just shut up I'll be fine." With that he walked over to the bar leaving Miroku to clean up the place.
When he headed over to the bar he overheard some of the conversation the men were having. It looked like a man in his late twenties was telling the story. He was badly in need of a shave and his eyes were red, probably from all the alcohol, all in all he was pretty weird looking. The man smiled rather scarily when he started back up again, "so I dragged her out of the closet and slammed her against the wall, then…" Inuyasha stepped back from the men at the bar. What the hell is wrong with these people, he thought. He could still hear their conversation. Something along the lines of pieces of glass and a bruised cheek. Suddenly the man who had been telling it turned away from his friends to look at Inuyasha. He threw the bottle at the wall behind him. Inuyasha covered his face with his arms as the shards of glass fell around him. Miroku came running. "What the fuck is wrong with you", he asked the man. "Get the hell out of here." The man smiled dangerously, within a second he was on top of Miroku, slamming his fist into his stomach repeatedly. Inuyasha grabbed onto the man's hair tearing him off Miroku. The man was drunk as hell, and riled up. After that the man's friends had jumped on both Inuyasha and Miroku and slammed them up against the wall. They were just about to beat the crap out of them when sirens where heard. The men dropped them and scattered out the door. A man ran in and looked around at the now empty bar spotting the two boys. "Miroku?" "Inuyasha?"
She walked upstairs to her room thinking about him. He was sweet and protective but I don't love him. I should just go do my homework; I really need another tutor session with Inuyasha soon, she thought as she walked slowly up the stairs to her little closet. She put her oversized book bag down and began her work. She yawned. Hmm maybe ill just lay down and rest my eyes…but only for a second, she thought.
She awoke to a bang. It was time again. She waited for him to get her, waited for the pain that was sure to come. He opened her door, and grabbed her arm. He had a knife. "NO", she screamed as he neared her. She ran, ran past him and down the stairs slipping on the bottom one. She landed on the ground with a thud and hurriedly got up. His footsteps were swiftly coming up behind her. She ran out the door and let it slam behind her. The moon was full and beautiful, but she didn't notice. All she could do was run down the path of light it gave off. But no, he was there. He turned her around and stabbed the knife deep into her stomach letting the blood seep out into a puddle around her. She fell to the ground eyes open as he walked away leaving her there as he always did after his job was done, but this time light didn't shine in her eyes.
The man sighed. "You guys really have to stay out of trouble", the man said slightly exasperated, yet slightly amused all at once. It was Sango's dad, the chief of police. He looked over at the man who owned the bar, who happened to be asleep. You two are lucky that I had decided to patrol this area before I went home. Inuyasha looked annoyed. "I could have took them", he said. He smiled at the two. "Well I don't think your boss will mind you leaving early…or remember it", he said, his eyes twinkling. " So why don't you guys come have dinner at my house," he asked kindly. "Sounds nice Mr. S," said Miroku using their nickname for him instead of Mr. Slayer. "Thanks". They went out the door leaving the old man to dream of perverted things, and beer.
She woke up with a start as a door opened and closed. So it had all been a dream, she thought looking at her clothes, which stuck to her body in the cold sweat. But now is the real thing. She thought it felt a little earlier then usual, but ignored the thought. The only thing on her mind was surviving what was to come. The time wouldn't help her with that. Naraku was pissed as he opened her door. She just sat there looking at him, prepared for the pain. He looked at her with hate in his eyes. He smacked her. "You little bitch", you do not deserve all I give you. You deserve to die. You deserve what your family got." She looked at him with such pain. He smacked her again. "Do not look at me that way you little pain in my ass. Bill, George, get your ass's up here." Two of the men from the bar ran upstairs with beers in their hands. "Watch how a man shows a woman how to treat him with respect", Naraku said coldly. He beat her till parts of her body were bloody and swollen. The men just laughed, and even poured beer on her stinging body while she was being beat. She didn't cry, not now at least. It only made him hit her harder.
Suddenly she realized they had left. She stood up, smelling of the alcohol that had been poured all over her sour skin. She slowly limbed to the bathroom, making sure to lock the door so Naraku wouldn't come in. she slowly pulled her shirt over her head, and unhooked her bra, examining her bruised, and swollen breast to see if there was anything that might get infected. She pulled her jeans down with the same amount of care, and wincing when she pulled them down past her right thigh. She looked at it. It was pretty bad. The area right above her knee had been hit numerous times and had swollen up more then half its normal size. The bruise was beginning to form and blood slowly seeped from the wound. She was to injured to take a normal shower; the pressure from the showerhead would hurt far too much. So she wet a washcloth with warm water and gently let it move over her now naked and fragile body. She had nothing to help clean the wounds, or make the bleeding stop so she ripped the sleeves of her only t-shirt off and wrapped them around her more serious wounds. She slipped back into her clothes and walked slowly back to her little closet so Naraku wouldn't hear her. She lay on the cold wooden floor and finally let the tears flow from her cocoa brown eyes… "If only I could be with you mom…little brother…everyone. I miss you", she said in barley a whisper as she drifted off to the nightmares that consumed her every time her eyes closed.
They left the bar and jumped into Sango's father's police car which was parked a few streets down. They drove back into the nice part of the neighborhood silently. Inuyasha looked at the clock on the dashboard and it read 8:03. The sun had already set while they were inside and the moon shone brightly making a path of moonlight in front of the car so Mr. Slayer turned of his headlights. The silence was slightly erie and Inuyasha's mind began to wonder off. He was thinking of the girl in his fourth period class, Kikyo. He remembered staring at her beauty and started to blush lightly though no one noticed. She was class president…way out of his league yet he still couldn't help but wonder… he felt so drawn to her. As if they belonged together. But then he thought about Kagome. Her sweet innocence…and her sadness. But they were just friends he reminded himself, and shook the picture in his head of him kissing her.
They pulled up to the house and walked in. Sango was making dinner. Well the only dinner they ever had. Takeout. She had just finished ordering from the Japanese place and had hung up when she saw Inuyasha, and Miroku. She threw her hands up in the air. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH"! She screamed angrily as she threw her arms up in the air. "Do you guys know how frustrating it is talking to that woman?" "All I want is some good food and she continues to ask me if I'm engaged." "You", she pointed to Miroku, "you can re-order it because I refuse to talk to that crazy woman Kaede again!" she walked away still mumbling under her breathe about crazy old people. Inuyasha took a few steps away from Miroku. The last time he had talked to that lady she hit him over the head with a frying pan. Miroku looked at the phone as if it was diseased as he slowly dialed the number to his doom.
An hour and a half later they all sat at on the floor around the coffee table in the living room eating happily away at the food. Miroku sighed. "She asked me out again…I don't think it was worth it." Sango's dad smiled and winked at Miroku. "So robbing the grave I huh Miroku," he asked trying not to laugh. Inuyasha choked on his chicken, Sango spit out sprite all over Inuyasha, and they both started rolling on the floor laughing. "Wow Miroku lowered your standards have you", asked Sango in between laughing. This made Inuyasha howl with laughter. "Why Sango", said Miroku. "You needen't be jealous", he said as his hand rested firmly on her breast. SLAP! " MIROKU! I'M GOANNA KILL YOU", Sango said as she chased Miroku around the room with chopsticks. Inuyasha shook his head and Mr. Slayer chuckled.
The next day Inuyasha and Miroku began their normal routine. Inuyasha wouldn't get up and Miroku stayed there for an hour trying to get him up, until he said something about food. They picked up Sango and started for the school.
Kagome woke up around seven and slowly got up. Since there was no reason to change she was just going to cover up her injuries and just start walking to school early when she noticed something. A hoodie…Inuyasha's hoodie. She picked it up and felt the new cloth in her hand. It smelled of Inuyasha's room. She hugged it to her chest tenderly. I guess ill have to give it back, she thought. Hopefully I wont forget again. She put the hoodie down for a minute to check her injuries. Several bruises had formed during the night, but at least the swelling had gone down. She went to the bathroom and grabbed some make-up she hid from Naraku. It was all just powders and cover-ups. Nothing special, but it got the job done. She pulled out her old brush and played with in her hands. The brush her mom had given to her. It was not a normal brush, she had said. It was made of glass. The glass was an ice blue and the part that touched her hair had small homemade beads. It was from her ancestor from the futile era. She brushed her beautiful silky raven hair hummed a song her mom used to sing to her when she had woken up from a nightmare or was scared of a thunderstorm…
I hope you never lose that sense of wonderYou get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger
May you never take one single breath for granted
God forbid love ever leave you empty handed
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance
I hope you dance
I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance
Never settle for the path of least resistance
Livin' might mean takin' chances but they're worth makin'
Don't let some hell bent heart leave you bitter
When you come close to sellin' out reconsider
Give the heavens above more then just a passing glance
And when you get the chance to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance… I hope you danceI hope you dance… I hope you dance
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens
Promise me you'll give faith a fighting chance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
Dance… I hope you dance
I hope you dance… I hope you dance
I hope you dance… I hope you dance
She hadn't noticed the hot tears shining on her fair skinned face. Not until she looked into the mirror. She wiped them off and put her beautiful glass brush and make-up in her hidden spot under a loose floorboard. She put on her book-bag and walked down the stairs carrying Inuyasha's hoodie close to her heart. She walked to school humming her song under her breath…dreaming of the freedom she longed for so badly.
She took her seat next to Inuyasha just as the bell rang. Mrs. Pawlyk was going on about circumference and area. "Here Inuyasha I forgot to give this to you", Kagome whispered as she held it out to him still looking at the board acting like she was paying attention. He waved it away. "No you keep it I got a billion of them", he whispered back shoving the hoodie back into her lap. "But inu-", she was cut off by Mrs. Pawlyk's loud and annoying voice. "Kagome WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO LEARN TO PAY ATTENTION?" "YOU ARENT GOOD IN MATH AND NEED THE HELP SO AT LEAST PAY ATTENTION!" "Inuyasha?" "What", he replied rather bored and annoyed. " You are going to have another tutor session after school today with Kagome. He didn't even look at her, he just rolled his eyes and said, "whatever." Kagome opened up her notebook and smiled a little as she put on her hoodie. Feeling happier now that she had something else that really belonged to her…something special. The rest of class was boring enough…she drifted in and out just looking out the window…and occasionally at Inuyasha.
After school Inuyasha and Kagome met in their usual spot in the library. Kagome was actually doing much better. "So the formula's pie R squared", asked Kagome? Inuyasha smiled and nodded. "Yep and it only took you thirty minutes to figure it out", he said not at being sarcastic, that was actually a new record for Kagome. She smiled back at him, tugging at the sleeves of her hoodie. "Hmm…lets have a celebration and go to burger king like the first time…and maybe I could bash Koga's head in again. Kagome sighed. "Sorry Inuyasha but umm…I have to be home early today… Inuyasha nodded. "Ill walk you home then." As they walked out they didn't notice the person staring longingly after them.
An: hey I'm sorry I gave you a cliffy…you may not know its an evil cliffy…but the person in the shadows is very important. I'm also it's taken me so long to up-date. I've been grounded a lot lately and only had time for one-shots. Oh oh for any of you who care i'm getting my tonsils out tommorow so hey maybe ill right more cause ill be out of school for a week…EATING ICE-CREAM YAY. So to thank and answer your questions and stuffs:
Lildevg: lol so we still on for taking over the world one country at a time right? I sent the e-mail to lot of people
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