Disclaimer; I do not own Inuyasha
The Bruised and the Healed
By: S.A.M.
The scream was loud, that of a boy's. Kagome dropped the knife and thought quickly. Her eyes scanned the room and she found her brother's bow and arrow set he used for hunting. She grabbed it and went out of the room quietly as possible. She stopped at the corner of the hallway and saw Souta cornered by Ray, the same horny look in his eyes.
No way was he gonna get Souta. Souta was her baby brother that she had sworn to protect, Souta was her shield against sadness, he was the closest thing she had, the only thing she had from her parents, godamit, Souta was her BROTHER.
She picked the bow up and took an arrow, aiming straight at Ray's neck.
Slowly, she drew the arrow back and released it. "Souta, get down!" she instructed. The 11 year old ran out of the way, where if he would have hesitated, would have been squashed by and unconscious fat-ass. Souta ran towards Kagome, where she dropped the bow and arrow and caught Souta in her arms.
She looked down at her brother and he met her gaze. She carried him into the room where she sat in a rocking chair, him on her lap.
The door was locked, and they sat there for a long period, simply enjoying that they were together. They felt somehow protected and comfortable in each other's presence and that was a feeling they usually longed.
"Kagome" Souta said looking up at her dark blue eyes. "Sing to me"
Kagome nodded in response.
"Sweet child, young child, hush and don't cry
This is my sweet lullaby
Let me sing to you
And wipe your tears
Let me hug you
And fight your fears"
"Listen to my words
They're coming from the heart
When I hear your sobs
My whole world falls apart"
"And the same thing happens when you cry
So for both of our sakes
Listen to my sweet,
Just listen to my sweet
Listen to my sweet lullaby"
Kagome ended the song with a decrescendo and looked down at her brother.
The little boy was asleep and Kagome smiled.
She picked him up and placed him on her bed.
"It's going to be okay" she whispered to her brother.
With that she left her brother's side and went to take a much needed bath.
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Inuyasha waited intolerantly by the Pizza hut for the assistant manager. It was 8:05 am, on Saturday and it was time to open.
All of a sudden he heard a motor, and he turned to see a 2005 Harley Davidson pulling up in a parking space. A girl got off and sure enough it was Kagome. She wore a knee-length black ruffled skirt with plaid accents, a plain white tank-top, black probe sneakers, black fingerless gloves, a grey tie she used as a belt and a white bandana covering her half-braided hair.
"What took ya?" he asked grumpily.
Inuyasha wore black cargos, black Reeboks, a black t-shirt that said 'I didn't do it' in the front and in the back it said 'YET' and a grey bandana over his silver hair and sunglasses over his amber-honey-gold eyes.
"Sorry, I had to drop my baby brother of at a friend's house." She answered.
She picked with the lock until she finally got it open.
"It won't be another half hour until everyone starts coming" Kagome said.
"And this joint is clean" Inuyasha added.
"Which means there's absolutely nothing to for 30 minutes" She finished.
"Well, since it's just the 2 of us how about this; we have a talent show" Inuyasha asked.
Kagome nodded "Now you're talking my language"
By the time Gabi entered the store the three of them were singing "Don't mess with my heart" on top of the counter that separated the kitchen and the tables and had the radio on full blast.
"Um guys" she interrupted, leaving them frozen. She couldn't help but laugh at the sight. Inuyasha had been dipping Kagome when she stopped them with Miroku doing his own little cha-cha thing.
"I hate to interrupt, but we're opening in 30 seconds." Gabi said after she stopped laughing.
About a minute after that, Gabi was working the register, Miroku was working as waiter and Kags and Inu were making pizza's while listening to simple plan.