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With You

Chapter – 2

The Beginning- Part II

She looked at the moon shining at her window and a tear slipped from her eyes. It had been two years since her father had died and since then the love her mother had had for her had disappeared. She tried to get up from her current place on the chair near the window and winced. Her mother had beaten her till she was nearly unconscious. It seemed that everything she did, seemed to irritate her.

"Oh, Daddy, I wish you were here," she whispered, resigning herself to spending the night in the chair. Thankfully, it was quite comfortable.

She really didn't know why her mother hated her so much. It was almost as if she thought she was the cause of her Daddy's death. But how could it be so? She hadn't even been here then. She had been at school, doing her tests.

"I wish I could escape from all this," she thought aloud.

"I will help you, if you trust me," said a male voice from inside her head.

She jumped and stared wildly around and cried out as her sides protested. "I must be going mad," she shook her head as if to clear it and closed her eyes.

"Stupid wench," the voice muttered under his breath and she opened her eyes again in shock.

"What the -? Who the hell are you?" she asked an empty room, feeling quite foolish.

"You don't need to know that now. I'll help you get away from this life if you trust me."

"If…I trust you? What are you talking about? Where are you? How can you help me? And…"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa," interrupted the voice. "Go slow, wench. One question at a time. The answer to your first one is – duh, am talking about helping you escape. Second question – Right now, am in your head. Third question – Am only going to tell you that if you trust me."

Trust him? Trust him? Trust a voice inside her head? She was beginning to fell irritated. "Give me a reason to trust you," she said, rubbing her eyes. "You are a voice inside my head, you keep on saying insane things that make me question my sanity, and you're rude and arrogant. How the hell am I supposed to trust you?"

"Feh! Either you do that or stay here. It's your choice. Now what have you decided?"

"Hello! This is all so sudden…I need time to think," she said quietly.

"Fine, you have exactly five seconds," said the voice grumpily.

"Five seconds! Oh, you jerk. Fine, I trust you. Now tell me," she shouted and then stopped. Damn, what if her mother had woken up?

The click of a door of a room confirmed her suspicions.

Now what was she to do?

"You're sure an idiot, aren't you?" came the voice from inside her head in a much softer tone. "Now, I would have to use my magic to help you and that old hag has given me pretty little."

Before, Kagome had time to respond, the bedroom door opened. "Kagome, I see that you haven't learnt your lesson yet. What's with this shouting at this unearthly hour?"

"Um…I had a bad dream…and I woke up and…it was too late and I…couldn't…" she left the sentence incomplete and jumbled up, not knowing what she was saying, because of her fear.

"Oh, alright. Fine. Now, go to sleep and let me sleep," saying this her mother, turned and closed the door behind her.

Kagome blinked once, and then twice. How had that happened? Her mother needed only a small reason to beat her and she had given her quite a big one. Then…? The voice!

"Hello? Mr. Voice? Are you there?" she asked quietly.

"Yes, Ms. Shout, I am," the voice spoke up.

"Hey, don't call me Ms. Shout, I have a name, you know."

"Hey, don't call me Mr. Voice, I have a name too, you know," the voice imitated her.

"Well, you jackass, you haven't told me your name yet."

"Well, you bitch, you haven't told me your name either."

"Arrrgh! Stop imitating me!" she nearly screamed.

"Keep it low, bitch. Am not going to save you again."

She took a deep breath. Then another. God, this jerk was so annoying!

"Fine…I'm Kagome. What's your name?" she asked him quietly.

"That's like a good girl. My cool name is Inuyasha and let me tell you your name sucks."

"Nice to meet – what! You stupid jerk! You-you…"

"Shut up, wench. I'm tired of arguing with you. Let's get down to business."

Yeah right, and she was the one who had started it in the first place, she fumed. She crossed her arms and waited.

"Well, the thing is that I need your help," began the voice. "Am a hanyou and…"

"What's a hanyou?" Kagome interrupted him.

"It means," the voice replied sounding quite aggravated. "I'm a half-demon. Now don't you dare shout, wench. I just saved your ass, so I can't be that bad. Think wench, think calmly. You…"

Kagome sweat dropped as he kept on going on. "Inuyasha…"

"What bitch?"

"Did I scream?"

"Um…no."

"Did I say anything?"

"Um…not really."

"Then why the hell do you think I'd be revolted to know you're a half-demon?" she demanded. "I think half-demons are quite cool…except you, of course."

"Oh…what! Hey!"

"Well, continue…" Kagome said, curious.

"Yeah…right," the voice said quietly. "Am a hanyou. And the thing is that…I change into a full-fledged demon on the new moon. And…then, I start destroying villages, people…"

"Oh," was all Kagome could say.

"I need a jewel…The Shikon-no-tama. I can't keep on hurting people. Especially the people I love…"

"Did you lose someone?" she asked him, noticing the way his voice cracked at the end.

"None of your business, wench," said the voice. "You need to help me find out."

"How the hell am I supposed to do that?" she asked him, choosing to ignore his previous comment.

"That I really don't know. Only the old hag does."

"Old hag?"

"An old woman."

"Doesn't the old woman have a name?" she asked him, her anger sparked again. The woman was obviously trying to help him and he was being so rude.

"Yeah…Kaede," the voice said, gruffly.

"Good boy," she said without thinking.

"I'm not a dog!" the voice growled.

"Huh? What? Oh yeah, well, whatever," Kagome said, not paying attention. How was she supposed to get out of here? What would she tell her friends? Her education?

"No need to worry about that, girl. You wouldn't need your friends there and nor your education."

"How did you know what I was thinking?"

"Well, duh," was all he said, before adding. "You'd better be ready by six in the evening. I have to go now. Bye!"

"Hey, wait. What-?" but the voice had disappeared. She sighed and closed her eyes. She would probably wake up and find it was all a dream. How she wished it was all true but it couldn't be possible. She was stuck here, alone with her mother for a lifetime and she knew it.

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