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His work on the bike done of the day, InuYasha stared idly at the box high atop the shelf. Why had his father left him a gun? Why not leave it with his mother? And why such and expensive and hard to get pistol?
He remembered the day he learned about it. He was only a small child, eight, when his brother, who had to be at least ten years older, InuYasha couldn't remember, called him into the room.
He had taken the box down from it's shelf and layed it in front of his younger brother. InuYasha had reached inside curiously and his hand curled around the plastic grip. He pulled it out slowly and stared at it in wonder. He had seen them on TV and in movies, but never a real one.
"InuYasha," His brother began coldly above him "This gun was given to you by our father. it is your gun, not mother's, not mine, your's. When the time comes, ask mother about father. Untill then, keep it safe, learn to use it, but never implament what you've learned. And above all, mother must never know you have this gun, lest she take it away to keep you from following us on some damned fool cursade."
InuYasha didn't know what to say, his brother had never spoken to him like that. Then the day after he had left. InuYasha remebered that day too.
InuYasha returned to the present with a scowl on his face. That bastard. Well nothing he could do about it now. InuYasha took a last look at the box and headed for his room.
His room was in the basement, the only furniture was a desk, a matress on the floor, and a couch. Sometimes he slept on the matress but usually he was on the couch. His clothes lay scatered on the floor. The walls were covered by USMC recrutiment posters and bands from the sixties and seventies. Grunting, he flopped down on the couch. He had to be the only high schooler he knew with aches in his joints.
He tried to let his mind float away to sleep but knew he couldn't do it. It had been three weeks since he and Kikyo had unoffically dropped out. Everyday since they had wandered around town, stole food and smokes, then retired to the bridge to shoot the shit till well after dark.
And everyday since then he couldn't sleep. He didn't understand it but some thing wouldn't let him rest if he wasn't moving. or with Kikyo. He had to close the windows becuase the night and the freedom of life he ahd experaninced with Kikyo, no one giving orders, no one to obey, no one with authoriety over him, no obligation to stay in one place longer than he pleased, if some one didn't like him becuase of his apperance, who cared? Fuck 'em, the only person he stayed around for more than 15 minutes was Kikyo.
He sighed, damn that bitch was messing with his mind. What was she doing to him? Ever since he met her he couldn't be at easy when he was alone. Usually that was the only time he could rest, but now... damn her!
Five hours later, InuYasha slipped into unconciousness.
The next day he met Kikyo in the normal place and they rambled around town like normal until it came time to shop lift lunch, but when they reached the bridge to eat, InuYasha didn't go under. "Some where new today InuYasha?" Kikyo asked. InuYasha knew she didn't care where they went.
"Nah, I just feel like exploring for a little bit." Just then his eye cuaght a pipe that ran unde ground along side the tracks, when the ground fell away it hung in the air a foot away from the metal sides of the bridge. Inuyasha grinned in anticpation. "Like that.."
Holding on the bridge, InuYasha tested the pipe. It was steel and it looked like it would hold his wieght. "InuYasha, no." Kikyo stated in exasperation. "Oh come on, it will hold my wieght." "Yeah here, but what if it doesn't in the middle? I'm not going in after you." "Oh I can swim." "The rivers three feet deep here, you'll break a leg or a knock your self uncoincious on a rock an' drown." InuYasha flashed her a cocky smile. "Yeah? Well I'll burn that bridge when I come to it." He said before spinning around in a manner that put him in unnessicary danger but looked cool.
Putting one foot directly in front of the other InuYasha began to walk across the pipe. The ground fell away to the rocks under the bridge by thier hiding spot, then to the emerald waters of the river. He moved into the middle of the bridge. Shit, he had to be at least twenty feet above the water.. what had Kikyo said, it was only three feet? Shit.
Then he looked at the river. The water was flat, a thousand points of sunlight glittered off the river before it turned into the woods. The trees on either side were still in bloom and a lively shade of green. Damn, no wonder he couldn't stay inside for long..
"Kikyo come out here!" "Yeah, and put more wieght on it an' kill us. No thanks." "Do you want to live forever? Just trust me and get out here." Kikyo looked at him skeptically. But eventully walked out to join him. She stepped lightly on the pipe and didn't even need to lean agaist the bridge for balance.
InuYasha grinned at her. Damn she was graceful.. "See, what are you complaining about? You ain't gonna fall." Kikyo smiled briefly back. "I wasn't worried about me, I was worried about your clumsy ass." "I made it fine." "Yeah yeah.. so what did you wanna show me?"
InuYasha pointed out across the river as she leaned against the bridge beside him. Kikyo looked out acoss the river and let out a low whistle.
For several moments they both stared at the scenery, the same smile on thier face. The Kikyo looked to her left along the tracks.
"InuYasha" she began, panic in her voice "InuYasha, train train TRAIN!" "FUCK!" InuYasha moved as fast he could along the pipe which wasn't very fast. The ground was rumbling, dammit how had he not heard this before hand?
The train as barreling down on them, the vibration of the bridge would shake them off into the river. Shit he wasn't gonna make it in time, he glanced over his shoulder, oh fuck he wasn't gonna make it. He would be above the rocks when it hit, FUCK!
He looked down, he was at the edge of the river, the water was probably only a foot deep here, and and the muddy waters were brown. Muddy..
"INUYASHA!" He heard Kikyo call his name as he stepped out into the abyss. For a split second he hung in the air before gravity began to pull him down. He felt the wind rushing past him. Saw the river, deceptively tranquil, the sun glisting off tiny ripples. He saw his legs, seemingly motionless as the river rushed to met him. He bent his knees slightly and braced him self.
He was aware of the cold water up to his knees first, then he felt his knees bend. His hands dissappered under the water as his form bent to absorb the blow. As soon as gravity no longer had control of his body he spun around the face the bridge, his legs beging to ache.
He held his arms out. "JUMP!" He commanded. "WHAT?" "JUMP OR GET KNOCKED OFF!" "BUT-" "I'LL CATCH YOU! SHUT UP AND JUMP!"
He saw Kikyo take one last look at the train before looking back at him. Then the next thing he knew she was whistling through the air at him. Oh fuck, please let him catch her!
His whole body was driven down again by the wieght in his arms. For some reason the back of his neck ached too. When he striaghtned up he let out a sigh of relief that Kikyo had landed safley, and traced the source of pain in his neck to fact that she had draped her arms around it in an effort not to slide off.
InuYasha couldn't help but grin to him self and think, my legs hurt like hell, I was covered in cold water up to my knees, mud was flowing into my boots, but Kikyo had jumped when I told her, and was currently was resting in my arms catching her breath. Not even a drop of water on her. Damn I'm good...
InuYasha pulled his feet out of the mud, and trugded on to dry land before setting her down. "Oh yeah.. " she panted "Trust me, and get out here. Goddamn you InuYasha..." "Hey, need I remind you I just saved your life?" "I wouldn't of needed saving if you hadn't convinved me to go along with your stupid ideas!" "Jesus, not even a thank you."
For not the first or last time Kikyo swore at her self, she had done worse shit than that. Hell she did a million times worse! Why did it feel like this was the first time she really risked something? It had something to do with InuYasha, that much she knew. Damn him...
That same night at dinner, InuYasha decied to ask his mother about something.. "Ma, what did dad do for a living?" His mother's hand stop a foot from her face. "Your father... he worked in construction.." She never was good at lying, InuYasha thought. "Yeah, how did he die?" "InuYasha, you are not following in thier footsteps you hear me? Your all I have left and I'm not losing you to some damn ideal!" "Yes Ma.."
Hmmm, InuYasha thought to him self. "Thier" foot steps? So his brother did the same thing as his dad.. Very interesting. He just might have to follow them yet.
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