Inuyasha felt his eyes flickering, as he felt light shine directly into his eyes breathing heavily, and slowly coming back to life. He could feel something moist and damp against his forehead, and felt cool hands touching his and hearing soft whispers that seemed to echo and drove his head to pound even more.
" Good, he's fine."
The girl said in a monotone voice grasping a cigarette from the end table at the side of her bed, and lighting it up as the smell of smoke lingering through the room, and through his lungs. He felt him awake seeing Kagome beaten up, with bandages wrapped over her arms and a few band-aids on her scrapped knees. She sat at the edge of the bed excited when he saw him reveal his mocha colored eyes, as she wrapped her arms around him and her head digging into his shoulder.
" Your alive! Thank god!"
She muttered seeing him alittle spaced out, realizing a moment ago he was laying on the sidewalk slowly dying, with Kagome in another guy's clutches helpless and screaming and him hopeless to save her. He opened his eyes to an apartment, sitting in a girl's room that had huge posters of crazy looking guys with black hair, and with black mascara and the name of their band underneath. He saw he was sitting on her bed, noticing the cigarettes laid everywhere and seeing the room a mess with clothing covering every inch of the floor. He stared directly at the girl near the window sill taking a clear puff of the cigarette, watching the smoke blow out the window.
Her fingernails were long and red, and her hair dark brown, was thrown into mini buns with streaks of red and blue in it. She swiftly acted like she could of cared less saving him, fixing her tight leather mini skirt and tying her long knee high black boots.
Inuyasha smiled at Kagome, grasping her tightly feeling tears sliding down his own cheeks realizing she was safe, but upset when he felt like he had truly failed when he realized they were both saved by one girl smoking the cigarette and another, with the bandages in her hand.
" Inuyasha I'm so happy! I thought we were going to die, until Marilyn and Loraine helped us."
Inuyasha nodded in delight still feeling his head soaring and throbbing heavily with a headache he had developed. He watched the other girl Loraine, with pink cotton candy hair thrown into mini buns as well, with her hair showing strands of blonde showing that was her original hair color. She wore bloody red lipstick and was white as ever, wearing all black with some red. She ripped another bandage and placed it on his arm.
" There you go. You should be fine for abit. Hey Marilyn, are you going to let them stay until they heal?"
Marilyn just puffed the last of her cigarette and dug it into the tray beside her. She glanced at the young tough looking teenage boy with the messy black hair, covered in bruises while she just scanned him, staring at him almost intrigued because she could tell by looking at him he went through a hell of a lot. She could of cared less, she just watched it burned out and looked at her friend tending to their aid. She plainly looked at Inuyasha laying there completely bandaged with Kagome embracing him gently, digging her head into his shoulder. She just stared at him darkly, almost bitterly shaking her head with some laughter throwing another cigarette from the package and quickly lit it, and waved it around.
" What's amatter?"
Her friend asked picking up at her eyes growing with anger, almost crushing the cigarette between her fingers when she looked at him. He watched her eyes grow with anger, seeing her hands shaking while she attempted to calm herself down with her cigarette, but that failed.
" Oh just…nothing…."
Marilyn lied through her teeth, placing out the cigarette while her friend continued to tighten Kagome's bandage as she winced at the pain that severed through her body feeling tears ready to glisten from her eyes. Inuyasha felt relieved and happy this girl had saved them, but it was hard to believe Marilyn the girl whom was facing the window with a cigarette lightly touching her lips was the one who had the heart to save anyone. He nervously drifted out of the conversation, pretty much of the surroundings around him when he began to stare at her. She had no emotion on her face, only except a scowl that was reflected in the window.
" I can't believe I failed at protecting her. She's telling me, that girl saved us! Feh, that's fucking hard to believe. She looks like she hates everyone and everything…almost like I was.."
Inuyasha thought to himself, trying to picture this mean looking girl somehow managing to save both of them from the gang of disgusting guys, that Kagome was plainly a victim to. He hated that he felt so weak, and the fact he couldn't hold his own. To realize someone else saved them, a girl who barely had any heart, or soul. Inuyasha heard Kagome chatting with Loraine, only hearing sounds of happiness and sounds of Kagome wincing at the tightening of the gauzes and band-aids. He couldn't help at stare at Marilyn. She was the type of girl that could pick out from crowds and imagine her hating the world and everything in it, and exactly the way he must of looked like to Kagome from the start.
" There. Is it tight enough?"
Loraine said sweetly with concern, staring at the girl tattooed with purple and black bruises that were covered all over her body. Kagome gently touched the throbbing wound that was hidden under the white ripped bandage, lightly touching it and feeling herself jolt from even the slightly amount of pressure. Kagome was thankful that these girls were able to help them, and knowing both were safe and alive was what she hoped through the middle of it. Kagome laughed, as the girl ripped another piece of cloth between her teeth laying on her knees and grabbing a pin from her cotton colored hair and placed the finishing touches on it.
" Ya don't worry it's tight enough. You don't how thankful we are to be alive. I mean, I thought for sure both of us were goners. I wasn't…Was I?"
Kagome bit her lip afraid of that answer. She didn't know how long they were out, or eve in those guy's disgusting clutches. She could still feel there hands where her wounds and bruises were, and it sent shivers up and down her spine. The girl just gave her a half smile, understanding why Kagome was so worried and she didn't blame her. She plainly lifted her chin up, when she saw tears ready to glisten from her eyes. She couldn't blame her, all she knew it could have been forever until they eventually took them back into the small apartment. Loraine hugged her tightly, and Kagome felt safe with these girls. Loraine's appearance had looked scary and gruesome, but she was more kind hearted then she expected her to be. After all Loraine had secrets of her own…
" Look Kagome, come into the bathroom with me alright? Promise me you won't cry, until it damn well counts! Ok?"
She understood exactly what she meant. Kagome felt her gently thrown her arm over her shoulder, helping her waltz over to the small narrow hallway at least only one person could go through all the time. It wasn't the neatest of places. The ceiling was dented and banged in, and water marks perfectly showed almost like coffee stains on a cup. Kagome couldn't help but stare throughout this apartment, that was all brand new to her. The bathroom light was already on, as she closed the door and sat Kagome firmly on the toilet seat lid and her on the edge of the bathtub.
" Look Kagome. I understand your worried, and I can't blame you. Her and I were walking swiftly back from Marilyn's old boyfriends' place, claiming she wanted all her belongings back well since there was a fight involved. We spotted you two not that far by, and saw those guys and believe me we've seen them before."
Kagome nervously felt her body shaking, trying to hold the tears trying to be the tough girl but she couldn't. She could barely even sit down without feeling any pain it was that bad. It felt almost as bad as the time she had been sent to the hospital, knowing she was practically poisoned and had a slim chance of surviving, but was lucky enough to be rushed to the hospital before any damaged occurred. Kagome watched her dig out something underneath the sink cupboards grabbing a box which looked like what most teenage girls feared; pregnancy tests.
Kagome swallowed harshly swinging her legs trying to find some way to ease the tension, while she was still intrigued that this Loraine seemed a lot nicer than her roommate, Marilyn did. Even Kagome could read the hate that lingered off her lips, and the way she went through one cigarette after another when they appeared.
" Is there always people like that in this city? I mean it kind of looks like it."
Kagome admitted remembered stumbling off the bus, and being in the last place both expected to be. She thought maybe a sunny little town, full of life and colour somewhere safe and where barely anything would happen to them. Instead they basically ended up in another place of hell, even when they were between life and death. Kagome grabbed it from her hands like a nervous-wreck, pretty much afraid to find out. Loraine, patted her on the back as Kagome took a second to clear her head before she attempted it.
" You telling me you've never been in a city before?"
Kagome shook her head with laughter, which was pretty rare after any cadent. She vaguely remembered her when her life wasn't altered, before she had even stumbled upon Inuyasha's face, or even saw the car accident of her family dead in a instant. It was hard for her to remember, considering she blocked it all out when she had finally started a new life with the guy she thought hated the world, and especially her. She remembered living her city full of life, real busy, remembering the laughter of her friends and her and family talking and fighting every once and a while. She remembered now, but she held her head high with the biggest smile she possible could to hold the pain inside.
" I have believe me! Just that well, I was living in a city way before I met him, Inuyasha or anything like that. I just remember how busy it was, and it wasn't exactly like this one. To me, this place would be on the news all the time for crimes and murder to be honest."
Loraine could see Kagome hesitating to even dare take it. This was all scary, and it was new. Her hands were shaking and it was clear to see from any angle. She never expected herself even touching these unless she truly wanted to figure out she was pregnant, but that was a different story. Loraine patted her on the back and turned away as Kagome was in the process of finding out.
" I don't blame you for being scared. I guess this is a new adjustment. You never think your going to be the girl that has check these things until…"
" It happens." Kagome took the words clearly out of her mouth, almost like she had heard this line a dozen times before. She nervously waited and looked back at Loraine, who was facing the wall away from her.
" Umm Loraine? You don't mind getting me a drink or something, so I can do this…"
Kagome's nervous jumped back into her voice again, and Loraine seemed loyal and understanding about every small and big thing. She stood up only seeing Kagome turned around in her view, and her dark black hair that stood out from the dull pink looking bathroom. She smiled, getting off the dusty floor and slowly shutting the door.
" Sure no problem…"
Loraine just walked past the room seeing Inuyasha quietly and now comfortably laying against the bed, and Marilyn still in her famous spot smoking away almost like she wanted to slowly kill herself death, until her lungs were black. She could see they weren't fond of each other at all. Marilyn just stood there continuously watching out the window, now rain pattering against the windows hard and violently while she just looked like some lonely girl waiting for some better to come along.
Inuyasha rose his eyebrow alittle dense of to what they were doing; he was too busy trying to make everything so uncomfortable, so stale but he couldn't really say anything to lighten her mood. She just watched her carry water into the bathroom, while that began to drive him nuts. He threw his arms back with his knees partly up in the air, muttering to himself as he watched the door carefully shut and drowning out the whispering voice of Kagome's.
" What the hell are they doing in there!"
Marilyn tapped the ashes of the cigarette, and digging it into the ashtray as she could see Inuyasha's dull reflection through the mirror, noticing his long wavy black hair and his ripped jeans and the scowl placed on his face. She just scoffed, catching the words that was underneath his breathe. as he had almost forgotten she was even there.
".Guess your too dense to realize anything."
Inuyasha lifted his head, for a moment when he realized she heard exactly word for word clearly. He placed a scowl on his face already hating her because how she was, and the fact she was already trying to cut someone's throat, mainly his. She just chuckled for a moment and stared back at the window, as he felt the blood rushing through his veins and a his headache becoming even worse by the second.
" I didn't ask you to begin with…Now did I?"
She was already amused by his anger, she could clearly see straight through him. She realized she already got him going, and it was almost like she wanted this. She turned around revealing the glare and amusement dancing in her dark brown eyes, that appeared almost black in color. She narrowed her eyes, hating for what he was worth and basically pitied him at the same time. She just glanced at the bruises that were barely even hidden by his sleeves, the ones he had received from Marla, and the orphanage; ones that refused to fade away.
" Doesn't matter asshole.. Besides you guys are just stupid to begin with. If you were smart you'd realize Kagome is in there taking a pregnancy test. You shouldn't start with me.. You should be damn well thankful I saved her, and you."
Inuyasha felt his hands curling up into fists, feeling his nails digging into his palms. He just fixed the bangs out of his sight, and laughed at the fact he should feel thankful that he saved her, and out of all people. He felt his heart skip a beat, when he heard that Kagome was in there taking a pregnancy test. He almost didn't believe it from her mouth, then again he remembered that those guys were trying to take advantage of her to begin with and he was already fearing the worst for Kagome.
" I should be thankful? You aren't the nicest person to begin with, and I'm not going be damn thankful if your being such a bitch to me."
She moved herself from the window ledge towards the ledge of the bed, that made Inuyasha move back an inch or so, afraid that she'd might hurt him the way he could see the hate in her eyes and almost his reflection clearly in it. He rose an eyebrow only wondering what could make her so hateful? He didn't understand how she was friends with such a nice person, when she clearly hated everything, and everyone. When he looked at her he almost imagined his old self sitting in the corner of the orphanage ready to bite off everyone and everybody's head, and how he took it out on Kagome who lost more then she could gain.
" Come on Inuyasha. It's clear to me your mad that you couldn't save her yourself. Believe me it's written all over your face. I know that's what eating you alive. The fact you failed at something, and someone else was able to do what you couldn't."
Inuyasha stood stunned in silence. She basically knew what he was thinking just by looking directly at him, which made him even more nervous than he realized. The fact he never liked to be figured out, even by someone who he barely even knew. When she said that comment, he could see her head drop down for a moment and turn away as though she had something to hide that changed his whole perspective on her even more.
Inuyasha opened his mouth partly, he didn't know what he could say to that. He just looked at her even more with a sense of pity, seeing her eyes glance a small picture frame that laid beside the beaten down bed identical to the mattress he slept on at his 'old' home. He could see from his angle a heart framed picture of what appeared to be her without make-up, before she had dyed parts of her hair or anything. There was a picture of a guy with dirty blonde hair, dressed in a black shirt and ripped pants. It was clear to see it was a boyfriend of hers, or was. They had their arms locked around each other, laughing showing off a smile rather than looking ready to pound her fists into someone. She looked away for a moment, and rested her head against the window.
" Why do I even have that damn frame of him, anymore? We were done, and finished along time ago. He hurt me deep, and the fact he ran off when he found out my secret. I've lost everything, and Inuyasha acts like he fucking never lost a damn thing. Sorry for saving his god damn life…."
Inuyasha was waiting to hear Kagome's voice, hoping she'd open the door with a smile on her face knowing she was making sure she wasn't pregnant. He just looked over at the girl almost pitying her, then again he shook his head and threw himself back on the bed.
" So what she lost a damn boyfriend. Big deal. I've lost more then she probably has. My mother abandoned me, and promised me she'd come back for me but she never did. For years I rotted there. I was abused, and helpless and hated everything. If she thinks losing a boyfriend is tough trying almost losing almost everything…."
