Prejudice
Written By: FranceGamble
Corrected By: Gigi-chan, Elyndewen Startree, Trinity-33
Chapter Four
InuYasha walked up the many steps towards his job. His white hair flew behind him as a strong wind tried to push him back down. He sighed as he pushed against the annoying element. He finally made it to the top of the stone steps and started on his way to the main house. A loud banging was heard and some yelling. He stood at the front door looking up at the second floor. Right where he knew Kagome's Higurashi's room was. He could hear more screaming. His mind wanted to listen in, to eavesdrop with his extra sensitive hearing, but his logical brain said it was wrong. So, without giving into temptation he pushed the doorbell, waiting for his boss to answer. A couple seconds later the door opened and a little boy with short black hair stood in the threshold. "Good morning."
The boy crossed his arms, "Mom's busy."
InuYasha nodded. The boy didn't like him much, and had showed him such since the first time they had met. InuYasha swallowed the lump in his throat, "Do you know what I'm suppose to do today?" He was trying to be nice, to be polite, but again his mind was telling him that the human in front of him was a kid. A little brat that needed someone to give him a huge spanking.
"Yeah, she said that she didn't like stupid youkai, and that she was going to tell you to..."
"Souta!" the mother said was coming down the stairs. She looked angry, but then again, she also looked tired. Souta, the little boy, gave InuYasha an evil look, then stomped off. His path went straight for his grandfather's downstairs room. Mrs. Higurashi looked at InuYasha, "I'm sorry about that."
"Don't be sorry, Mrs. H." InuYasha said to her. He smiled, just to show her that he didn't take offense to what the kid said. Deep in his heart though, he felt like crying. "Today, we're leaving for my sister's house. She's having a baby, and we're supposed to be there. Unfortunately, Kagome won't be coming. She's sick. So, here's a list of what I need done in the next six days. Just leave Kagome alone, and if she says anything, ignore her."
The youkai nodded as he took the list from the woman and looked it over. Most of it were things he had been doing. Washing this, or sweeping that, the normal things he did. "Okay, I will have all of this done when you get back."
"Thank you. Just go through the kitchen's back door when you need something. That way you stay clear of Kagome," Mrs. Higurashi said. She went over to the key rack by the front door. "Here's the key for the back door. I made it for you, just in case. And this way the house can be secure for my daughter."
"Okay," InuYasha said.
"Alright, go ahead and start something on that list. We're leaving in a half hour," Mrs. Higurashi smiled at him. "I trust you InuYasha."
He nodded. This was big to him, it would be to any youkai. A human trusting him to watch the house while she was gone. Let alone be near the house why'll they were gone. She went inside to finish what ever she was doing. He looked at the list again, "I guess I should sweep and wash the shrine floors first." He folded the list and placed it into his jeans pocket. He slowly made his way to the first shrine, where the fortunes were given out. He tucked his red t-shirt into his pants, to keep it from sliding against the floor when he washed it.
*** ^_^ ***
She leaned against her window frame as she hazily watched her family get into their black SUV. Her vision swayed, as the room started to spin. She leaned against the cold glass to steady herself. Her forehead banged against the frame. She licked her lips, trying to wet them. Her mouth was dry though, so it didn't help any. "Oh man," she said as she shuffled to her bed. She let herself fall onto the wrinkled sheets. Her gaze went to her bed stand. Her glass there, she picked up the cup. The cup tipped against her lips, but nothing came into her parched mouth. "Oh man," she grumbled again. Slowly her legs picked her up and she started on her way to the kitchen for a glass of something to drink.
She made it down the steps, not walking but rather sliding down on her behind. She feared falling while not seeing straight. Her world spun as she reached the bottom step. She searched along the wall with her hands. Her steps weren't always there, and she stumbled a couple of times. She felt a tear fall down her face. Her body ached, and her mind wasn't there. "Daddy, I'm sick. Please, help me," she mumbled, as she saw, what she thought, was her father standing in the kitchen. "Daddy!" she screamed. Then the world went black. She didn't feel her body hit the tile floor.
*** ^_^ ***
InuYasha walked through the back door to get his well deserved glass of water. He looked at the cabinet and opened the one he knew had the cups, then turned around to get to the fridge. He stopped in his tracks as he saw her lying on the floor. "Ms. Higurashi?" he asked the body. She didn't move. If he didn't hear her breathing, he would have thought her dead. "Uhm, Kagome?" Again she didn't move. He walked over to her, and kneeled down. He brought a clawed hand to her face. "Gods you're warm," he said. Slowly, and carefully, he reached under her and picked her up bridal style. "You have a fever," he told the passed out girl as though she was going to yell at him any second. "I'm just taking you to your room."
He walked up the stairs, and used his knowledge of the outside windows to figure out which room was hers. It wasn't hard, because she had left her door open, and the pink bed sheets all crumpled on the floor was another hint. He went to the bed and laid her down. Reaching down he grabbed the sheets and blanket and placed them on her. "Stay here. I'll get a rag to cool you down," he whispered as he moved a piece of hair out of her face. Grabbing his thoughts, he walked quickly out of the room to find that washcloth.
*** ^_^ ***
He placed the cloth into the bowl again. The ice cubes clanked against the glass sides. Using his strength he wrung the cloth out into the cold water, and placed the non-dripping white rag on the girl's burning forehead. Her fever burned the cold out of the cloth fast, and he was once again dumping it into the ice water. While he was getting the cloth wet, she opened her eyes. She looked over at him.
"No...no!" she yelled as she pushed herself against the wall, away from the helping youkai. "You filthy bastard!"
"Ms. Kagome, I'm just trying to help. You should stay still; you're very sick..." he didn't get to say more as she started to yell at him again.
"You murdering ass hole youkai! Stay away from me! I hate you! I hate you!" she screamed at him. He ignored her insults the best he could. Reaching in, he tried to push her against the bed.
"You have to lay down. You have a fever," he told her. She just screamed. Insults flew from her mouth, as he tried in vain to keep her still. "Please, stay down. Please, I'm just trying to help!"
"Like you helped my father! I hate you! You killed him! You killed him!" she screamed as she struggled. She pushed against his arms, "No! Leave me alone! I hate you! I hate you!"
"Kagome, calm down. It's me, InuYasha. I didn't kill anyone!" he yelled back at her, trying to get her attention. She used her nails to claw into his arms, which were trying to hold her still.
"You filthy youkai! I hate you! I hate you!" she repeated over and over again. The words screamed into his brain, but he ignored them as much as he could. He pushed her down into the bed, holding her as lightly as he could. She struggled, and screamed more filthy words at him, "I'll kill you, Kael! I will! I swear I'll kill you for what you've done! DADDY! HELP!!" InuYasha let them roll of off him, and soon she was calming down. Exhaustion was getting to her, and she slowly went limp on the bed. "No..."
"Kagome, it's okay now. I'm not going to hurt you," InuYasha whispered to the now crying girl. He slowly brought his hands off of her shoulders. His breath hitched in his throat as he saw the bruises he had caused on her shoulders. "I'm sorry Kagome, I didn't mean to hurt you."
"Why did you kill him?" Kagome asked as she stared right into his gold eyes. Her eyes slowly closed, and her breathing steadied.
InuYasha looked at the girl on the bed for a minute. 'She lost someone...Her father? Maybe she had another brother?' he thought. He sighed and dipped the rag into the ice water again. As he gently laid it on her head he said, "Kagome, I lost someone too."
^_^
She slowly opened her eyes. Her body ached and something cold was on her head. Slowly she reached up and brought the cloth from her forehead. 'How did that get there?' she though. She slowly sat up and realized she was in her room, and not on the floor of the kitchen where she knew she had passed out at. She looked around her familiar room, and finally noticed the youkai servant on her tan carpet. "InuYasha," she whispered. She watched his ear twitch, but he didn't move. 'He's asleep,' she thought with a small smile. 'He looks sweet while he's sleeping... Well, he must have taken care of me,' she tried to remember what had happened while she was fever ridden.
Her head started to hurt slightly, and she knew that she should go back to lying down. Reaching over, her hand clasped on one of her many blankets. "This doesn't mean I care for you or anything," she whispered to the teenager as she carefully spread the light blue blanket over his relaxed form. 'Well, maybe it does,' she thought as she laid back down.
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A/N: I'm really sorry. My mind has been blank for a real long time. I'm still trying to find a way for them to slowly fall in love. They can't just all of a sudden say "OH! I LOVE YOU!!" That wouldn't make sense! ^_^ Well, I will surely up-date more often now.
Answers to Questions:
Destinya: The whole reason for her attitude will be explained. I understand the getting angry at her because she sounds like someone you know. Remember, I based her off of someone I know. I live with this attitude everyday.
LC WOLF: I always try to have my stories one-up eachother. Another thing I'm very proud of is I don't repeat situations. Some people find a type of story and always write them. I try action, romance, drama, and non-fiction. I've done them all.
inuyashafan65: I should up-date every Saturday (Some time around midnight Friday night). So, just keep checking on Saturday's and Sunday's. I'll try to keep to the schedule now!
Sailor Black 666: I did get the better gene then you! ^_^ But I'll keep reading your stories too. (To all of those other people out there, Sailor Black 666 is my cousin. She actually has physical contact with me, and never stops pestering me 'till I up-date.)
France 2004
Written By: FranceGamble
Corrected By: Gigi-chan, Elyndewen Startree, Trinity-33
Chapter Four
InuYasha walked up the many steps towards his job. His white hair flew behind him as a strong wind tried to push him back down. He sighed as he pushed against the annoying element. He finally made it to the top of the stone steps and started on his way to the main house. A loud banging was heard and some yelling. He stood at the front door looking up at the second floor. Right where he knew Kagome's Higurashi's room was. He could hear more screaming. His mind wanted to listen in, to eavesdrop with his extra sensitive hearing, but his logical brain said it was wrong. So, without giving into temptation he pushed the doorbell, waiting for his boss to answer. A couple seconds later the door opened and a little boy with short black hair stood in the threshold. "Good morning."
The boy crossed his arms, "Mom's busy."
InuYasha nodded. The boy didn't like him much, and had showed him such since the first time they had met. InuYasha swallowed the lump in his throat, "Do you know what I'm suppose to do today?" He was trying to be nice, to be polite, but again his mind was telling him that the human in front of him was a kid. A little brat that needed someone to give him a huge spanking.
"Yeah, she said that she didn't like stupid youkai, and that she was going to tell you to..."
"Souta!" the mother said was coming down the stairs. She looked angry, but then again, she also looked tired. Souta, the little boy, gave InuYasha an evil look, then stomped off. His path went straight for his grandfather's downstairs room. Mrs. Higurashi looked at InuYasha, "I'm sorry about that."
"Don't be sorry, Mrs. H." InuYasha said to her. He smiled, just to show her that he didn't take offense to what the kid said. Deep in his heart though, he felt like crying. "Today, we're leaving for my sister's house. She's having a baby, and we're supposed to be there. Unfortunately, Kagome won't be coming. She's sick. So, here's a list of what I need done in the next six days. Just leave Kagome alone, and if she says anything, ignore her."
The youkai nodded as he took the list from the woman and looked it over. Most of it were things he had been doing. Washing this, or sweeping that, the normal things he did. "Okay, I will have all of this done when you get back."
"Thank you. Just go through the kitchen's back door when you need something. That way you stay clear of Kagome," Mrs. Higurashi said. She went over to the key rack by the front door. "Here's the key for the back door. I made it for you, just in case. And this way the house can be secure for my daughter."
"Okay," InuYasha said.
"Alright, go ahead and start something on that list. We're leaving in a half hour," Mrs. Higurashi smiled at him. "I trust you InuYasha."
He nodded. This was big to him, it would be to any youkai. A human trusting him to watch the house while she was gone. Let alone be near the house why'll they were gone. She went inside to finish what ever she was doing. He looked at the list again, "I guess I should sweep and wash the shrine floors first." He folded the list and placed it into his jeans pocket. He slowly made his way to the first shrine, where the fortunes were given out. He tucked his red t-shirt into his pants, to keep it from sliding against the floor when he washed it.
*** ^_^ ***
She leaned against her window frame as she hazily watched her family get into their black SUV. Her vision swayed, as the room started to spin. She leaned against the cold glass to steady herself. Her forehead banged against the frame. She licked her lips, trying to wet them. Her mouth was dry though, so it didn't help any. "Oh man," she said as she shuffled to her bed. She let herself fall onto the wrinkled sheets. Her gaze went to her bed stand. Her glass there, she picked up the cup. The cup tipped against her lips, but nothing came into her parched mouth. "Oh man," she grumbled again. Slowly her legs picked her up and she started on her way to the kitchen for a glass of something to drink.
She made it down the steps, not walking but rather sliding down on her behind. She feared falling while not seeing straight. Her world spun as she reached the bottom step. She searched along the wall with her hands. Her steps weren't always there, and she stumbled a couple of times. She felt a tear fall down her face. Her body ached, and her mind wasn't there. "Daddy, I'm sick. Please, help me," she mumbled, as she saw, what she thought, was her father standing in the kitchen. "Daddy!" she screamed. Then the world went black. She didn't feel her body hit the tile floor.
*** ^_^ ***
InuYasha walked through the back door to get his well deserved glass of water. He looked at the cabinet and opened the one he knew had the cups, then turned around to get to the fridge. He stopped in his tracks as he saw her lying on the floor. "Ms. Higurashi?" he asked the body. She didn't move. If he didn't hear her breathing, he would have thought her dead. "Uhm, Kagome?" Again she didn't move. He walked over to her, and kneeled down. He brought a clawed hand to her face. "Gods you're warm," he said. Slowly, and carefully, he reached under her and picked her up bridal style. "You have a fever," he told the passed out girl as though she was going to yell at him any second. "I'm just taking you to your room."
He walked up the stairs, and used his knowledge of the outside windows to figure out which room was hers. It wasn't hard, because she had left her door open, and the pink bed sheets all crumpled on the floor was another hint. He went to the bed and laid her down. Reaching down he grabbed the sheets and blanket and placed them on her. "Stay here. I'll get a rag to cool you down," he whispered as he moved a piece of hair out of her face. Grabbing his thoughts, he walked quickly out of the room to find that washcloth.
*** ^_^ ***
He placed the cloth into the bowl again. The ice cubes clanked against the glass sides. Using his strength he wrung the cloth out into the cold water, and placed the non-dripping white rag on the girl's burning forehead. Her fever burned the cold out of the cloth fast, and he was once again dumping it into the ice water. While he was getting the cloth wet, she opened her eyes. She looked over at him.
"No...no!" she yelled as she pushed herself against the wall, away from the helping youkai. "You filthy bastard!"
"Ms. Kagome, I'm just trying to help. You should stay still; you're very sick..." he didn't get to say more as she started to yell at him again.
"You murdering ass hole youkai! Stay away from me! I hate you! I hate you!" she screamed at him. He ignored her insults the best he could. Reaching in, he tried to push her against the bed.
"You have to lay down. You have a fever," he told her. She just screamed. Insults flew from her mouth, as he tried in vain to keep her still. "Please, stay down. Please, I'm just trying to help!"
"Like you helped my father! I hate you! You killed him! You killed him!" she screamed as she struggled. She pushed against his arms, "No! Leave me alone! I hate you! I hate you!"
"Kagome, calm down. It's me, InuYasha. I didn't kill anyone!" he yelled back at her, trying to get her attention. She used her nails to claw into his arms, which were trying to hold her still.
"You filthy youkai! I hate you! I hate you!" she repeated over and over again. The words screamed into his brain, but he ignored them as much as he could. He pushed her down into the bed, holding her as lightly as he could. She struggled, and screamed more filthy words at him, "I'll kill you, Kael! I will! I swear I'll kill you for what you've done! DADDY! HELP!!" InuYasha let them roll of off him, and soon she was calming down. Exhaustion was getting to her, and she slowly went limp on the bed. "No..."
"Kagome, it's okay now. I'm not going to hurt you," InuYasha whispered to the now crying girl. He slowly brought his hands off of her shoulders. His breath hitched in his throat as he saw the bruises he had caused on her shoulders. "I'm sorry Kagome, I didn't mean to hurt you."
"Why did you kill him?" Kagome asked as she stared right into his gold eyes. Her eyes slowly closed, and her breathing steadied.
InuYasha looked at the girl on the bed for a minute. 'She lost someone...Her father? Maybe she had another brother?' he thought. He sighed and dipped the rag into the ice water again. As he gently laid it on her head he said, "Kagome, I lost someone too."
^_^
She slowly opened her eyes. Her body ached and something cold was on her head. Slowly she reached up and brought the cloth from her forehead. 'How did that get there?' she though. She slowly sat up and realized she was in her room, and not on the floor of the kitchen where she knew she had passed out at. She looked around her familiar room, and finally noticed the youkai servant on her tan carpet. "InuYasha," she whispered. She watched his ear twitch, but he didn't move. 'He's asleep,' she thought with a small smile. 'He looks sweet while he's sleeping... Well, he must have taken care of me,' she tried to remember what had happened while she was fever ridden.
Her head started to hurt slightly, and she knew that she should go back to lying down. Reaching over, her hand clasped on one of her many blankets. "This doesn't mean I care for you or anything," she whispered to the teenager as she carefully spread the light blue blanket over his relaxed form. 'Well, maybe it does,' she thought as she laid back down.
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A/N: I'm really sorry. My mind has been blank for a real long time. I'm still trying to find a way for them to slowly fall in love. They can't just all of a sudden say "OH! I LOVE YOU!!" That wouldn't make sense! ^_^ Well, I will surely up-date more often now.
Answers to Questions:
Destinya: The whole reason for her attitude will be explained. I understand the getting angry at her because she sounds like someone you know. Remember, I based her off of someone I know. I live with this attitude everyday.
LC WOLF: I always try to have my stories one-up eachother. Another thing I'm very proud of is I don't repeat situations. Some people find a type of story and always write them. I try action, romance, drama, and non-fiction. I've done them all.
inuyashafan65: I should up-date every Saturday (Some time around midnight Friday night). So, just keep checking on Saturday's and Sunday's. I'll try to keep to the schedule now!
Sailor Black 666: I did get the better gene then you! ^_^ But I'll keep reading your stories too. (To all of those other people out there, Sailor Black 666 is my cousin. She actually has physical contact with me, and never stops pestering me 'till I up-date.)
France 2004