And here we go with another chapter of my story that is still coming up with no thought before hand. So as always I have nothing in my possession, you know except my laptop from 1993, and the fact that I have this rash… no I kid, kid. So since I just finished my other chapter and am kind of in the mood to write, but my other computer is of course being stupid. I have been watching things that have nothing to do with the time area I have been writing in such as Space Balls, Shall We Dance, and the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre; you know the one from the 60's and it has no baby or something, I don't know I never saw the new one, anyway you get the idea. My friends and me are going to make a movie hippie style and I get to live. So here you go with another chapter and feel free to ask any questions and I will be completely over come to answer them. Also you get to know the history why the town is so mean to InuYasha. Muhahaha, more information against InuYasha's will is reviled! Enjoy!
The sun had peaked over and InuYasha decided it was time to get up, after all the day wasn't going to wait for him. He had been awake for quite some time, he was always an early riser, but then again his bed was like a piece of heaven at the moment. His memories came flowing back to him slowly like the trickle of a stream, his head seemed to be clouded and impaired. After the beating he got last night he had a hard time stopping a stream of blood down his arm, it turns out that one of the rocks had hit one of his major veins or something to the effect and it was like a fountain leaking blood. After a while though it stopped but it did leave his arm sore. Then he thought about how Miroku didn't have any training today so he would be looking for him and no doubt Kagome would come looking for him. But after thinking that he quickly remembered that he wouldn't have to worry about her any more. Sighing off any further thoughts that kept him in bed he rolled out and headed to the well as he did every morning. As he walked for some reason the injuries he received hurt more than they normally did, and as added pain his vision kept blurring and no matter how he tried to shake the fuzziness out of his head it still clouded all of his senses.
Never the less InuYasha headed to the well off of the side of town, it was his private well so to say, no one ever went there because they thought that since his bucket had touch that water the rest must be contaminated. It's not like he could care anyway, after all that just made it easier for him. That way he wouldn't have to worry about running into any of the humans that hated his blood so much.
As he tripped and swayed to the well he only felt groggier and he could feel his forehead burning up. InuYasha never had been sick before though, colds where for the weak and he couldn't let something like this get him down from living his life. He saw the well standing there so sturdy and knew that he must stand like the well, but then again the well was seen as useful, it let people get water, InuYasha was only used to blame things on.
InuYasha put his bucket on the rope and put it down the well, every movement he made he felt every muscle in his body work through the action, as if time it self was slowly coming to a halt. As he heard the sound of the bucket hitting the water he tried to speed up his actions but in doing so he felt his blood turn on fire.
It coursed through him painfully as sweat dripped down his face and the salty bile that came from his skin burned into the cuts that were made last night. As he pulled the bucket up he knew that the pain was too much and as he tried to make it back to his bed. But it was so far away and even though he tried to reach it he ended up tripping over his own feet that refused to move as he fell into unconsciousness letting his bucket fall and splash all over the ground. But no one was there to catch him or call for help, only the sun getting ready to burn, and the ground greedily soaking up the water that spilled.
When Kagome reached the bottom of the stairs she saw that Kaede was leaving the house. Kagome put her hand up against her chest in bafflement, she didn't know she was leaving so quickly. Kagome knew she check on the elderly and the sick that couldn't get out of bed but this early? She ran out after her and made sure that she closed the door behind. She looked around and when she spotted Kaede she ran to her side and fell into her strides.
"Kaede, where are you going?" Kagome had to lean down a bit in order to see her face seeing the height difference.
"I am going to go make sure that InuYasha is alright, you needn't worry though child, InuYasha shall be fine he is a strong young fellow and I'm sure all he has is a couple of scratches that he himself could most likely take care of."
"I'm sure your right but won't the villagers get upset that your helping him out? After all he is an outcast." Kagome asked her with her hand up against her chest again, a little ways from her chin.
"No child, you seem to worry to much about others for one whose sprit is bond to nothing. I am one of the Town Elder's Council and they must listen to what the other elders say as well as I. They will not harm me in anyway out of respect." She strolled along casually as if this were nothing out of the ordinary, her walking to InuYasha's house with a basket of herbs and bandages on her arm.
"Child would you like to help me take care of the young lad, I'm sure he wouldn't mind a young lady such as yourself help tend to his wounds, in fact I think he might prefer your hands to mine. After all mine have seen better days while yours live them now." She held up her hand to show the deep creases that laced rough skin in them as well as scars that had healed many years ago. Kagome looked at her own hand, the skin on it was soft and smooth, the creases in them were much fainter and Kagome noticed that her hand was much darker from living outside her whole life as Kaede had to stay indoors for the most part of hers. As Kagome continued to examine her hand Kaede lowered hers down.
"I'll take that as a yes then. Come along Kagome, we should hurry up and not keep him waiting." Kagome lowered her hand and nodded to Kaede as she quickened her pace to keep up with the stride of the lively old woman.
"Ahhhhh!" A girl woke up in pain, soaking the sheets she slept in her sweat. Her head was pounding, as if it was trying to escape her skull. She sat up and then doubled over in pain causing her to scream once again. Her whole body hurt, it was as if she was on fire or something. But no there were no words for the aches, the burning she felt that reached down to her bones.
Upon these screams she could hear rushing of feet and the swish of a skirt coming up the stairs as fast as they were able. The door busted open as the girl side glance them standing in the doorway. Her sweat dripped off the tip of her nose, her hair was matted down and stuck to her burning skin as the only sound that filled the room as time stood still was the sound of her breathing in painful breaths that escaped her to quickly. She could not catch it as it would fly away from her, just as the butterflies do.
It was a while before anyone spoke up and the first one was Kagome's mom. She stepped forward and spoke as any mother would to their children.
"It's alright, there's nothing to be afraid of-" But she cut off.
"Who are you? Where am I and where is everyone else?" The girl spoke harshly, as spat out her questions that sounded slightly panic and frantic. A sad and sympathetic look came over Kagome's mom's face as she walked over and sat on the edge of the bed.
"Sota, go and get Kaede." She turned to look at her son and father stand in the doorway. Sota sprung out from being frozen in time and got a worried look on his face that covered in sweat quickly.
"Right, I'm on my way." He ran out of the door quickly but tripped over the cat doing so.
"Father, would you please go and get some fresh water from the well?"
"Yes of course." And off he went too but in a slower manner, as if time was slowly turning its wheels and going back to normal. Kagome's mom turned back to the girl as she looked at her, her eyes still demanding answers to her questions but they were less hostile.
"Tell me, what is your name?" Kagome's mother used a voice that she used when trying to sooth her children when her husband…
"My name is Sango, now answer me, where and I, who are you, and where is everyone else?" She held her stomach seeing how the slight pressure eased her pain and helped her sit up, but she still used her other arm to lean back on, putting most of her weight on it. Kagome's mom avoided her gaze by looking in her lap. She was trying to compose herself for what she was about to say. She slowly took Sango's hands in hers and looked her in the eyes.
"A mother never wants to tell bad news to anyone, especially me. I'm the worst at telling it, well maybe next to my kids. What I have to tell you is no joking matter, and I know you won't want to hear it. You see my family and I are gypsies that were traveling across the land in order to find something. As we traveled we came across a massive slaughter and all that could be seen was blood. Blood had covered the ground as if it was a blanket hugging it, and the ground soaked it up changing the color of the soil to a deep red that was slowly turning brown as it dried. Scattered across the ground were bodies, they had cuts all over, deep huge gashes that leaked what little blood left inside. Some had their eyes tightly shut and others had them wide open. There was only one person with breath left, struggling to stay alive, and that was you.
Sango looked at her, the information slowly sinking in to her mind, as if time was still trying to go back to it's normal speed and then all of the sudden it did. Her eyes widened, her face was twisted in horror, and then she let out what anyone would have, she screamed. Letting her denial scream of no ring through the house and echo as it ceased and only the sounds of sobs where heard.
Kagome continued to walk but more closely to Kaede, the people of this town really didn't like outsiders, all of them would smile and greet Kaede then turned to Kagome and gave her a sour look as if they would drop dead before simply smiling at her. She would smile at them but quickly gave that up and decided to look at the sky instead and today the sun seemed to smile at her; at least something did.
When they left the main part of town Kagome looked back around her where no one was outside playing and the ground was parched. There was no grass over here, at least the bit that was had turned brown without any hopes of coming back to life.
"Kaede, are we almost there?" Kagome asked stepping a bit closer to her.
"Yes, just a bit more and we should be at his house." Kaede had a normal look on her face as they traveled. Kagome looked at the houses that seemed too sad, as if these people where just making it by a thin hair on the verge of breaking.
"Ah, there it is." Kaede said pointing ahead, it was the last house in the town, it was spaced out from the others and if possible a bit nicer looking, but only a bit. The grass was still brown but it had a bush full of red roses growing right up against the house. The house was the same size as the others and the white paint seemed to be chipping off a bit but not to bad.
Kaede walked up to the house and raped her knuckles on the door. They stood there on the small porch that shaded the sun that was beginning to heat up but there was no answer from with in. Kaede furrowed her brow and this time she called out after she knocked a bit harder.
"InuYasha, are you there? It is only me and Kagome." Kagome wished she didn't say that last part, she hopped that he wouldn't refuse help just because of her. They waited there a few more moment and Kaede sighed. She walked over to the rose bush and looked at it. After a few moments she stuck her hand in it.
"Kaede, what are you doing!" Kagome asked, you don't go sticking your hand in a rose bush everyone knows that.
"Calm down child, I am just getting the house key. Everyone keeps a spare somewhere and I just happen to know where InuYasha keeps his." She showed Kagome the piece of silver shinning in the bit of sun as she walked over and slipped it in the lock. There was a faint click as Kaede removed the key and pushed open the door.
The inside the house was dark, but you could still make out the objects of InuYasha's bed, unmade of course, the small stove built on top of an oven and a table with four chairs around it with only one pulled out. Kaede stepped in and looked around.
"It seems that InuYasha is not here." She walked in and went to the table.
"There's no note here, where could her have gotten off to?" Kagome stepped in, closing the door behind her and looked around, there wasn't much here, it seemed that he was living on nothing but the basics, like Kagome's home with out the wheels.
"Wait Kaede, maybe he's upstairs." She pointed to the stairs in the corner that would lead to a second story, 'but then why is his bed down here?' She asked herself as she stood in front of the steps.
"No, he wouldn't be up there, he never is, he always stays down here and he usually waits for me before he heads off to the Sacred Tree."
"Kaede does this happen so often that you have a routine?" Kagome asked glancing at the stairs and the walking over to her.
"Well it's been happening for years but sadly enough child yes I guess you could say that we have a routine. I know maybe he went to the well to get water that's one of the first things he does in the morning, perhaps he just woke up a bit later. Let's go greet him shall we?" Kaede asked stepping out of the house and held the door open for Kagome. Kagome nodded and as she turned around she couldn't help but noticed there was a pile of bandages by the bed that where drenched in dry blood.
Kagome raced out of the door and waited at the end of the lawn on the beaten path that would lead them to the well. When Kaede dropped the key back in the rose bush she walked over to Kagome shifting the basket to her other arm.
"Here let me take that from you." Kagome took the basket as Kaede thanked her and they were off to the well.
"Kaede, why does InuYasha live alone? I mean he lives downstairs and yet you say that he never goes upstairs. But then why are there four chairs at the table?"
Kaede sighed as if she knew this was coming and wasn't thrilled about explaining it.
"Child you know that InuYasha is a half demon and that he has a difficult life. Tragedy has followed him his whole life, even far before he was born."
"Go on." Kagome pressed and Kaede sighed once again.
"You see InuYasha is a half demon but he's also half human. His father was a greatly know demon, many had feared him, human and demon alike. His mother was a beautiful woman who cared greatly about everyone; she didn't stop a moment whether the person was in pain, or just wanted to talk, she was blind as to who their blood claimed them to be.
One day a man came with his son to this town and of course she welcomed them with arms wide open into her home which is where I live today. The town was so peaceful and full of life that the man was in awe. Throughout his life there was nothing but pain and fighting and when you come across a place on the same planet that has nothing to do with such hurt you can't help but be amazed. He wasn't injured, in fact his intentions where to just stop for the night and then head off in the morning, but he stayed much longer than that. He was captivated with her, the way she welcomed him and helped anyone that came into her doorway without thinking they might want to kill her.
Soon the day had turned into weeks and weeks into months. They had fallen in love and the young child had spent his days playing carelessly with the other village children even though he was a demon and they were human. Soon after they were married they moved into the house that InuYasha lives in at the edge of town since I could take care of the injured people she could spend all the time she wanted now with her new family without having to worry about the sick.
Years had passed and they were blessed with a child, the very InuYasha that you know and everyone was overjoyed, as they were with any new life that came into this town.
But not everyone can live happily ever after. You see since we were so peaceful we never had to worry about war and having protection against evil but we soon wished we did. InuYasha's father was thought to have given up his power so now demons were fighting over the land he had acquired over his many years of fighting. He didn't mind losing the land; he after all had all he could ever ask for right here. But when the demons discovered that he was still alive they wanted to do away with him, many were angry that he let his land go to waste and wanted to make him pay. So they started to come, ripping the town we had worked so hard on to pieces, but InuYasha's parents weren't going to sit there and only protect themselves.
InuYasha's father had fought many of them and saved people from being torn from limb to limb while his mother's healing touched saved many from the brink of death."
"So then why do they hate him so much? I mean they saved them after all, why would they be so hostile?"
"In the end his father had died from a wound that even his mother could not heal. InuYasha's mother died when he was still very young due to an illness that she had caught and even though she fought it for many years she lost the battle.
Since the whole reason the town was attacked was InuYasha's father's fault and he was no longer around so they found it fit to blame his offspring. They never forgave his father so the other elders and I have to have protection laws to make sure he doesn't get killed."
"But what about the other son?"
"That was InuYasha's half brother, I don't know to much about him, all I know is he protected the woman who loved him like a mother while she helped the sick, after that she died I never saw him after that. The last time I saw him was right before the funeral."
"So everyone hates InuYasha because of the demon attack and they hate outsiders because InuYasha's father was one?" Kagome asked simplifying the whole story, she felt so bad for him, but now she was sure who InuYasha really was and what she was in for.
"In a nut shell yes, with out his mother's words to change the towns-people's minds we could do nothing in our power to have them forgive."
"But why doesn't he sleep upstairs? It is his house now."
"I asked once and he told me that he couldn't knowing that his mother and father both died in the same bed a door down from his." Kaede sighed finishing the story and looked at Kagome as her thoughts raced through her mind. It seemed like they had spent so much time talking about InuYasha's past but they really didn't spend that much time at all, in fact the short path to the well was coming to and end as the well came into view. But lying right next to the well was a body. Kaede was the first to see it and as she started running Kagome saw it too.
She hitched up her skirt and ran past Kaede and reached the body first. She didn't need to turn it over to know who it was, it was InuYasha, and if they didn't hurry he was done for.
I was going to make this chapter longer but I think I'll leave you hanging for another week, I know how evil I am. Yes I think this came out nicely, well meanly but now I know a bit of what will happen next chapter. And if you don't know this I FINALLY GOT MY CELL PHONE! It only took a year and straight A's but I did it. So till next time!