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A/N: Well, finished up this chapter. I'm thinking that I'll try and update every weekend.
Cigarettes and Lavender
Chapter 14-Time to Go
Bi Polar
Inuyasha sat in his tree, snoozing in the late spring heat. Souta's voice rang through the shrine yelling his name.
Inuyasha looked down at the base of his tree, seeing Souta staring right back up at him. He put a finger to his lips signaling the boy to be quieter. He didn't want his name to be shouted everywhere, seeing as how he was on the news only a day ago. Souta turned red with embarrassment. "Come down." He said quietly.
Inuyasha nodded before hopping down with inhuman grace. Souta held up his soccer ball. "Wanna play?"
He had never played soccer in his life. Sometimes he and Sesshomaru watched the kids play it at the park or in the street but he knew hardly anything about the sport itself. "Umm…I've never played before."
"I can teach you!" He jumped up and down with excitement.
"Oh…Ok." Inuyasha walked to the main walkway not sure what he was supposed to do.
Souta ran to the other end and dropped the ball before him. He gave a forceful kick and the ball flew into the air and rocketed straight at the older boy's face. Inuyasha, in turn, put his arms up for protection. He felt it hit his forearms stinging a little afterwards.
Inuyasha picked up the ball holding it in one hand and giving Souta an inquiring glare.
The young boy rubbed the back of his neck nervously. "Sorry about that Inuyasha…"
"Maybe you forgot…I've never played before…"
"Oh yea…well, I guess we should start from the beginning." Souta held out his hands for Inuyasha to throw him the ball, and he did. "In the game soccer, you can't use your hands at all…unless you're goalie. You know what that is, right?"
Inuyasha vaguely remembered Sesshomaru trying to explain the game to him. "Umm…yea…they're the guys by the net things right?"
"Yea that's them!" Souta clapped his hands with enthusiasm. "Ok…now let's just start out slowly ok? I'm going to lightly kick the ball to you and you kick it back." Souta dropped the ball in front of him once again.
Inuyasha bit his lip watching Souta uneasily. He let out a breathe he didn't know he was holding in when he saw the white and black soccer ball slowly roll up to him and stop at his feet. He stared down at the ball before following Souta's movements and kicking it back to him.
Kagome watched Souta and Inuyasha kick the soccer ball back and forth from the kitchen window. She smiled before going to the counter to make the boys some sandwiches; they looked like they might need something to eat.
He had changed. That one thought kept buzzing through her mind. He was smiling, truly smiling. He was comfortable and loved. She could sense a type of calm when he was around. He had some kind of bizarre curiosity about him that made her want to show him everything that he had missed out on as a child.
She walked out the back door and was greeted with the light laughter of the two boys. Inuyasha sat by the tree, sweaty and tired and Souta stood above him juggling his soccer ball like a professional.
Inuyasha sighed a mighty sigh and leaned his head against the tree that he loved so much. He closed his eyes, savoring the warmth of the sun on his face and the laughter of the young blue eyed boy besides him. 'The only thing that would make this moment perfect would be'…lavender filled his nose before he was able to finish his thought and he opened his eyes to see Kagome standing before him with a tray full of food and a smile on her face.
He grinned patting the grass next to him for her to sit. She obeyed meekly, setting the tray down next to her and handing him a sandwich and juice box. Souta came to sit next to his new big brother taking food from his sister and chopping on it loudly.
Inuyasha thanked Kagome quietly, eating his sandwich with tiny cautious bites. She smiled at him; he looked like a 5 year old, sitting there in his grass-stained jeans, his face covered with jam and dirt, smiling blissfully. She beamed, giving him a small kiss on the cheek. He turned red and turned to look at her then grabbed her hand humbly.
Souta watched the two and smiled widely before stuffing the last of his sandwich into his mouth and getting up to juggle his ball again.
Kagome stood in front of the stove slowly mixing her mother's favorite type of stew. Souta ran around placing silver ware and plates on the table. Inuyasha stood next to Kagome chopping, mixing, and tasting. Whatever Kagome ordered him to do he complied merrily. Mrs. Higurashi sat at the table with a cup of tea in hand; she had been given the day off.
Kagome held out her spoon for him to taste and he did so, licking his lips and giving her a toothy grin. "Inuyasha can you quickly make the salad?"
"Sure." He went to the refrigerator and pulled out all he needed.
Souta came to stand next to him. "Did I tell you Inuyasha! My friend Riku-chan is letting borrow his really cool video game!"
"Oh?"
"I'll show it to you." Souta ran upstairs wanting nothing more than to impress the older boy.
Mrs. Higurashi chuckled and Kagome smiled and shook her head at her brother. She held out another spoon full of soup for Inuyasha to test.
"Wonderful. Even better than the kind Sesshomaru made when I was sick….well…anything could have been better than that." He stuck out his tongue to prove his dislike for his late brother's efforts.
Kagome laughed but it was cut short when the doorbell rang through the house, she made her way to the door. "Come on Inuyasha, it couldn't have been that bad." She turned the knob slowly laughing at Inuyasha's retching noises from the kitchen.
Her heart stopped, literally stopped. She stood in the doorway staring at the two men in uniform that stood before her. "Excuse me, Miss, but we've had reports of teenage runaway Inuyasha Takashi staying here."
She didn't say anything. She didn't move, and she didn't breathe.
"Miss?"
The thudding of small feet on the stairway caused her to turn around and look back at the archway leading to the kitchen. "Inuyasha!" Souta jumped down the stairwell waving the game case in the air. The two police men turned to look at each other before nodding.
"Miss, we're gonna have to take a look around."
"Wait! You can't do that!" Kagome wouldn't let them. She wouldn't let them take him away from her. She stood in the doorway holding out her arms not allowing either of them pass.
"Kagome?" Inuyasha walked out of the kitchen. "What's taking you so lon—." She stepped aside and he felt his heart constrict. The plate he held fell to the floor with a clatter and everything seemed to go numb.
The two police men pushed pass Kagome and Inuyasha backed away instinctively. "No…" He breathed out.
Mrs. Higurashi pushed against the table and stood worriedly from her chair. She walked quietly over to Inuyasha putting her hand on his shoulder and staring intently at his pale face. "What is it Inuyasha?" He didn't say anything so she turned to see what he was staring at, and raised a shaky hand to cover her mouth. Tears leaked out of her eyes and she held in a sob.
The police sauntered up to the young wide eyed boy. "Inuyasha Takashi?" The older, graying officer gave him a sad smile while the younger one took hold of his arm. "We're gonna have to bring you back home, son." Inuyasha shook his arm out of the policeman's grasp still backing away. Souta stood behind his mother biting his lip and watching the scene with an intense gaze.
"I…I…" Inuyasha stuttered, not knowing what to say or what to do.
"Come on son. It's time to go." The younger man continued prodding the boy.
"No." Inuyasha didn't look at the man he stared at Kagome. Her blue eyes filled with fear and sadness.
"What do you mean 'no'?" The younger man gripped his arm tighter making Inuyasha wince slightly.
"He can't go!" Kagome ran forward pushing the brown haired officer away from Inuyasha and standing in front of him her eyes watering.
"Look, girl, he's a runaway." He pushed Kagome out of the way softly and grabbed Inuyasha again. Inuyasha turned to look at the three Higurashi's. All of their eyes identical.
"You…you lied." Souta spoke quietly to the ground. Inuyasha stared at the boy. His head shot up and his eyes flared. "You lied! You said! You said that you wouldn't be leaving! You said that Inuyasha! You lied!" His eyes watered, tears frantically falling down his face. His voice dropped down to a whisper. "You…you lied…"
"No!" Inuyasha tried to get out of the grasp of the police officer to comfort the poor kid but said officer just held on tighter. Souta ran upstairs and threw Inuyasha's ratty leather bag down the stairs before slamming his bedroom door shut.
He was being dragged out of the house whether he liked it or not. Kagome ran forward taking his hand. He had to let go, they wouldn't let him stay here and he knew it. Kagome was crying and Mrs. Higurashi stared biting her lip to keep her tears from leaking anymore. Inuyasha let go of Kagome's small pale hand letting small salty tears fall from his amber orbs as he did so. She cried harder as the officers pulled him to the front door.
He smiled, tears streaming down his pastel cheeks. "Don't worry Kagome." Part of him believed that everything was really going to be okay but the other half had a sinking feeling making him fully aware that he was being dragged to his worst nightmare.
The sunlight made him close his eyes and wince. He heard people, a lot more people than should be out on the shrine grounds at his hour. He looked up and saw reporters and they saw them. Oh did they see him. All the journalists rushed up holding microphones to his mouth and firing question after question at him. He put a hand up to shield his eyes from the glare of the sun and the two police men pushed the noisy reporters back.
Inuyasha looked back at the front door of the Higurashi house. Kagome was sobbing, Mrs. Higurashi holding her daughter in comfort. His heart sunk. He was being pushed into the police car, the door slammed behind him.
A/N: So…this chapter is done with. Next chapter will be better, I'm hoping. :D
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