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AN: I realize that my update did not come as soon as promised. If you don't like that, too bad I had finals. : P
The Inu Hanyou of Notre Dame
Chapter Five
Interludes
Last Time –
"Learn your place, and be content with it. It is all that you will ever have."
Then he left with Inuyasha glaring at where he had previously stood. Clenching his fists resolutely at his sides me muttered.
"Not if I have anything to say about it."
That night, Inuyasha snuck out again, to meet with Kagome.
Now -
It's not been easy being a Miko. Ask anyone in my family. Ask my mother, grandfather, brother. Ask the soul of my long gone father who died protecting my Miko mother. Ask them if it's been easy and the answer will be a resounding "non".
We travel in the night, using old leaky boats and our feet for transportation. We eat what we find and sleep where we can. We may be vagabond, but that doesn't make us impure…it doesn't make me a creature of evil. Of course what the local priest or law enforcement figure tells a person will always have more affect then those words of a stranger. I can't remember the last time that I made a friend…until I met him.
It's been so strange become friends with that who you can't see. He only comes at the darkest point of night, bringing what food he can and talking in hushed tones with his husky voice. I don't know him yet the sound of his breathing lulls me into a sense of security, most likely a false one but it is there. It is a sense that I have not had for so long that I cherish the precious moments I have with him. Now if only I could see his face…
Naraku doesn't speak to me about my parents. What little words he had said in the past were not exactly to their favor. And though he's been the only figure, besides Father Miroku, to show me kindness…I don't believe him. I have a hard time believing that a person, no matter how "grotesque" their child might be would do to me what he claims they wanted to…No…I don't believe him.
And to be perfectly honest I haven't believed in anyone besides my Gargoyle friends in a long time. A long time without any trust…until Kagome. The beautiful wanderer Miko with whom I can tell anything. And though I wish I could speak to her in the daylight…see her eyes glittering in the sun I know that I cannot…
After all…who would love a freak like me?
"Here you go."
Kagome grasped the small basket of cheese, fruits and bread in her hands.
"Thank you, Inuyasha. You really don't have to be so kind."
"Keh. I just…didn't want to eat it."
Smiling some Kagome reached out blindly into the night and lay her hand on Inuyasha's arm.
"Thank you…"
"There's nothing to thank."
"Not just the food…Inuyasha…for everything."
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