Chapter 11: The Girl
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Now, on with the story…
With the gang
"Come on, InuYasha, spill! Who's this Naraku guy?" Kagome asked, curious. She had forgotten what the hanyou was like in her eyes before.
"Well, he used to-and still is-my greatest rival," InuYasha grumped, folding his arms across his chest. The ordeal in hell had made the hanyou feel grumpier than ever.
"And you're angry at us because we resurrected him, right?" Kikyo guessed, a smirk forming on her lips. She felt like being cheeky after she'd stomped Naraku back into his grave.
The hanyou did not reply. Instead, he chose to twiddle his thumbs and try to hold in signs of his short temper. If Kikyo could stomp some powerful maniac back into hell, then he would have to treat her with respect from now on.
"Well anyways, are you hungry?" Koga asked from the drivers' seat. "Because I sure am." He didn't like talking about rivals, as he secretly knew that InuYasha's second greatest rival was him. The reason why the strong hanyou wasn't skinning him right now was because his father had said otherwise he would be returning to school and has his lunch there for a week. Koga smiled at the memory, remembering InuYasha's face slowly turn a nice shade of angry red.
"Hey, mutt, how about we go to Taco Bell for lunch? I bet you'll eat loads, seeing that your belly is massive and needs to be filled to the brim," InuYasha scoffed. Koga's smile turned into a sigh; of course, Mr. Taisho had never said anything about InuYasha bad-mouthing him. Swivelling slightly around to face the acrobat the best he could, Koga retorted, "If I'm fat, then you're obese ten times more, insolent dog boy."
"Alright, guys, that's enough!" Kagome intervened quickly before things could get worse. "Who cares if someone's hungry?" rubbing her 'hungry' stomach, Kagome lied, "I'm hungry, too. Let's go to Taco Bell, then." After that sentence the high-school girl glared at InuYasha as if to say, "Don't. Say. A. Thing."
And the hanyou shut his open mouth right away.
With Naraku
"And you'll haul your sorry a.. out of here until I'm finished carrying out my plans?" Naraku smirked as he was a man grovelling at my feet.
"Yes sir."
"And you'll be my servant forever and ever?"
"Yes sir."
"Very good, but don't get up. Go to that sofa over there and curl up into a ball in front of it."
Plopping his feet down on the poor human's back, Naraku sighed and relaxed. This useless human's house was luxurious. In a matter of two hours, Naraku had managed to get a whole wardrobe of clothes from a clothing store, enough food for a month from a food store and a house from a man. Without having to pay anything.
"Now, all I need is more servants now…" Naraku trailed off, ignoring his new servant's cries of pain. "But where? Do you know, fool?"
The man shook his head before adding, "Please call me Mukaga."
What a wrong thing to say.
Picking the screaming Mukaga up by his collar, Naraku yelled, "Don't order me around, fool!" Flexing his new fingers, Naraku threw the unfortunate man against the wall. "No supper for you tonight."
Naraku was about to continue his assault on the half dead human when the main door burst open, and a woman walked in. She had a beautiful complexion, with brown eyes, black hair and red smooth lips. She opened her mouth to say something when she saw the state of the room, and her words transformed into a high-pitched scream.
"Shut up, wench," Naraku managed to raise his voice above her screaming without screaming himself. "You will become my servant, and if you dare disobey me, then you shall become this." (Naraku pointed briefly at the crumpled body on the floor). "Understand?"
The girl nodded meekly as she clutched her handbag tighter than ever. Who was this guy? Why did he want their house, of all places? There were more expensive and bigger houses than this one in Hawaii!
The beautiful girl's thoughts were then interrupted by the evil man's voice. "What is your name, girl?"
Squeaking, the woman said, "Rin," before dropping to the ground and sobbing uncontrollably.
Naraku sighed impatiently. Humans. So emotional and useless sometimes.
With InuYasha and co. (after lunch at Taco Bell)
"Taco Bell, taco bell, nothing better than a taco bell…" sang Koga. Being full had really cheered him up.
InuYasha stared at his secret rival in a deadly manner. "You're full of it again, aren't you, mutton-head?"
Koga stared for a moment, unable to process the jibe InuYasha had sent him due to happy emotions. Then, when the youkai had realized the meanness of it all…
"Stop poking fun at me, you shameful little puppy! I'm a more superior person to you, and I always will be, no matter what!"
Silence reigned in the car before Kagome, sensing that InuYasha would immediately blow up, hurriedly said, "Hey, guys, why don't we-we…uh…see who this Naraku really is and what he wants to do!"
Although this suggestion cheered InuYasha up a great deal, it did not have any effect on Koga. "There's no point-we're not going to meet up with him anyways!" the wolf youkai retorted, shaking his head in an agitated manner.
"Don't you remember what Naraku said to InuYasha? Don't think that this is the last time we'll meet…"
"Well, he was saying that to InuYasha, not us!"
"So? If InuYasha is going to see him again, then we'll end up seeing him too, right? We've still got…what…three weeks together? It's unlikely that Naraku's not going to see him again after we're all back in Tokyo."
"And I might just stick to your side, dog boy," Kagome said, poking InuYasha playfully in the chest and receiving an annoyed grunt. "So, Koga, that's two against one, and majority always rules. Too bad so sad."
"Hey, don't I get a say in this?" Sango protested teasingly.
"No, miss, you're not under eighteen, so you cannot vote, this is golden rule number one of my democracy rules: no one over eighteen must vote," Kikyo replied serenely, and everyone (excluding InuYasha and Koga) laughed.
"Whatever, but count me out, I'm not doing anything to help you guys," Koga said, folding his arms across his chest. "I feel like leaving you guys for Tokyo."
Kagome suddenly had an idea. Crawling over to Koga, she whispered 'seductively' into his ear, "If you do help us, then I'll arrange for you to have pina coladas whenever you want on a private beach with hot chicks."
"Okay!" It was Koga's turn to be cheered up. He didn't seem to realize Kagome's slightly sarcastic tone and the disgust in her voice when she said, "hot chicks". Kagome sighed half in relief and half disgustedly. At least Koga wasn't going to be whining for now. "But if you don't do as you promised, then I'll personally strangle InuYasha and make you feel guilty for your life."
Kagome faced Koga, the smile replaced by a scowl. "I think it's time I brought a gun with me wherever I go, just to keep you in order."
InuYasha scratched his chin, snickering at Koga's loss for words. "So, Kagome, you're better than I thought."
And hearing that, Kikyo felt a strange, painful tweak in her heart.
With Naraku
Rin had been working for Naraku for three hours non-stop now. She was mainly used as a footstool, and the girl was having trouble keeping her tears in. Naraku, on the other hand, was gloating and capturing every other family member of Rin's as they came home, one by one. Rin's father had already been murdered due to stubbornness, and her mother looked close to death now, her eyes emotionlessly looking at her new boss.
Rin's P.O.V
When Naraku 'dismissed' us for the night and told us to 'go back home', I grabbed mother's hand and rushed her out into the streets, not daring to look back. How could a person be that cruel?
Looking at mother, I realized that her eyes were closed and the look of death was upon her face. Frantically shaking my mother awake, I stared at her eyes, squinting, trying to see who was awakening her.
"Rin, I'm so sorry," was all mother whispered. "I wasn't strong enough to take that monster's torture. I'm dying-love you, always," before my mother's head rolled backwards, her face carrying a rather peaceful look.
"No, mom, you can't just leave me…" I cried out loud, not caring about the looks other people were giving me. "You can't just leave me like this…" I bent my head low, crying and whimpering with sadness, sobbing myself to sleep.
You walk away,
You don't hear me say…
A shadow appeared all of a sudden, staring at the two forms.
Please, oh please, don't go,
Simple and clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight…
The man felt a strange twitch in his heart. The two women looked so peaceful and pitiful together.
It's hard to let it go…
Feeling the older-looking woman's forehead, the man realized that she was dead, but there was life in her daughter. Picking her up, the man left with her.
…Regardless of warnings, the future doesn't scare me at all…
He would have a lot to explain when he returned.
A/N: Wow, more emotional crap! The italics on the last bit is a song called 'Simple and Clean' by Utada Hikaru. I changed a line because it wouldn't fit. Please review!