'Ask' he heard a soft voice whisper.
Ask? Was it that simple? He didn't know but he did know that he wasn't going to try around Kaede. With the chance that it was all in his head, he didn't want to look like a fool. He already felt crazy. Not want to be thought of as a lunatic.
Going about his normal routine, of cleaning up the house and repairing anything that might have become broken. The whole time, he tried not to pay to much attention to the girl that he kept seeing. The day flew by as Kaede and Inuyasha finish up dinner. Once they were done, Inuyasha cleared the table and started the dishes.
"I'll see ye tomorrow." Kaede said walking the hanyou to the door.
"Keh," Inuyasha said before he left closing the door behind him.
The whole way home, he felt as if someone was walking behind him. But every time he turned around, he would found no one there. Thankful, he had made it to his apartment, without running into any one. But he just couldn't shake the feeling of being follow.
"Who's there?" he questioned looking around his almost empty apartment.
It was a small, one room apartment. It had a broken window that let the cold air in. The wooden floor was worn and creek with every step. There was a small pile of sheets on the floor that serve as a bed. Two walls and a door to close the small bathroom that was in the apartment. There wasn't really anything else in the apartment, but that didn't really matter to the hanyou. This was his home and he like it this way.
"Who's there?" he asked again seeing something by the door.
'Sorry,' a female voice seemed to float on the breeze that the window let in.
"Who are you?" he asked curiously.
'A friend,' the voice seemed to breathe out.
"But what's your name?" he asked.
'What's your?' the voice asked back.
"Inuyasha," he said.
'Can I call you Inu?' the voice requested.
"Sure," he said a little shock that she had given him a nick name.
'Why are you sad?' she questioned as she seemed to move closer to him, though he wasn't sure if she really did.
"Cause I have no one," he said looking down.
'You have Kaede,' she reminded him.
"Keh," he said.
'You have me,' she said softly as he looked up and try to find where she was.
"But who are you? And why are you here?" he questioned.
'I don't know. But close your eyes.' she told him.
Sitting down with his back toward the wall, he let his golden eyes close. As soon as his eyes were shut, he felt a hand on his shoulder. Then the hand lightly glided over to the other side. It felt as though someone was dragging a feather across his shoulders. He felt something touch his left side and then he felt what had to be arms wrapped around his shoulders.
"What are you doing?" he asked unsure as he felt uneasy that the girl he couldn't see had her arms around him.
'Giving you a hug silly,' she said with a soft giggle.
"A hug?" he questioned.
'Yes, haven't you been hugged before?' she questioned back.
"Not since my mother pass away." he said sadly.
'Kaede doesn't hug you?' she asked curiously.
"No," he said.
'Why not?' she asked innocently.
"Keh," he said as he tried to picture what the girl next to him might looked like.
'I'm sorry' she whispered sorrowful.
He had the feeling like she tighten her hold on him. Keeping his eyes close, he picture this amazing girl holding him as if to shield him from all the pain that he felt. A small smile crept onto his face as he fell asleep feeling safe.
The next day seem normal, or as normal as it would be with seeing a girl out of the corner of your eye. Then the days soon turned into weeks and he got used to her presents. He would speak to her when he was alone. Though, he still didn't know a thing about her. He often wondered if she was a figment of his imagination.
Though, he only saw her outline and heard her soft voice. She would hardly talk about herself. When they talked, it would always be about him or what was going on. He had trouble finding the small detail out about her, like her name. Since she wouldn't give him a name, he chose one for her, Sakura, which she like.
Now a days, he was a little more happy. Since he had someone- or who he thought was someone- to talk to. Also he became very good at avoiding people, so he wasn't being called names or beaten. But after a few month, he became careless and walked down an allay way. He had forgotten that he wasn't suppose to ever enter that allay way.
It didn't occur to him until he heard movement coming from behind him. Stopping in his traces, he quickly looked around. Coming from behind him was three strong build human men that look like they were in their twenties holding different objects.
The closest one to him had shoulder length brown hair and green eyes, holding a baseball bat loosely in his hands. The second man was a little behind the first, he had black hair with dark blue eyes while he held a long stick. The last man had blond hair and icy blue eyes while holding a knife.
The hanyou backed up slowly as the three humans advance toward him. The feeling of disbelief crossed the hanyou, as he couldn't help to think of how stupid he could have been as to why he had to be to come this way. The three humans were grinning at the scared hanyou.
Not watching where he was going the tremble hanyou backed up into a wall. The hanyou desperately looked for a way out as the guy with the baseball bat took this moment to swing at the hanyou's head. He ducked out of the way before the bat could collide with his head.
But just as the hanyou thought that he might be able to escape, the guy with the stick aimed at the hanyou's knees. Again the hanyou was able to avoid the hit and the guy with the knife tried to hit the hanyou.
When the knife failed to hit, the three humans became furious. They decided to attack the hanyou at once. They backed him up farer against the wall as the hanyou eyes darted around to find a way out. The guy with the stick aimed for his knees, the guy with the baseball bat aimed for his head, and the guy with the knife aimed for his shoulder.
The hanyou tried to dodge all three attacked but he was only able to miss two. The guy with the knife was able to stab him in the shoulder. The hanyou let out a whimper of pain as the blade dug deep in his left shoulder. Seeing as this was their chance, all three of the humans attacked the hanyou again. But this time the hanyou was able to slip pass them.
Running as fast as he came with a wounded shoulder, he wasn't able to get far. Stopping at a fork in the allay way. He racked his brain for the safest route. Footsteps echoed in the dark, the hanyou knew that the three humans were catching up to him. He could feel the sweat dripping down his face as his heart pounded in his ears.
But then he caught something out of the corner of his eye. He knew she was here, but what help could she be. However his eyes went to where he thought that he had seen her. Shock over took him as he looked over to the allay way on the left of the fork and saw the most beautiful girl he had ever seen standing by a door.
The girl had long raven hair that was slightly wavy that reach her mid back with bangs that stopped right above her dark chocolate eyes. Her eyes held such worry in them that it confused the hanyou. She wore a light blue dress that flows around her with the nonexistence wind.
She beckoned for him to follow her and as if in a trance, he went to her. But his slow pace was broken, when he heard the shouts of the angry men. Picking up his pace, he followed to where he saw the girl disappear. Running until he made it to an unlock door, he let himself in. Once on the other side, he shut the door with his back press against it. Then slowly he slide down the door until he was sitting with his back against it as he tried to catch his breath while his heart race.
Sakura appeared before him and he started to calm down. Squatting in front of him, she put her finger to his lips before he could say anything. Letting him know that it wasn't safe to speak yet, but that wasn't the only reason why he stayed quiet. When she put her finger to his lips, he could fell the warmth from her finger as she lightly pressed it against his lips.
After snapping his self back to reality, he nodded his head at her concern that shine through her eyes. With a small smile, she sat down next to him, as they sat in silence. After a while Inuyasha fell into a lightly sleep as he waited for it to be cleared to leave. Just as he got comfy, Sakura stood up. He could hear her getting to her feet, it was like she was really there, and he open his eyes.
Looking at her in curiosity, he stood up too when she motioned him to do the same. Once he was by her side, she motioned him to follow her. They slowly and quietly made their way back to Inuyasha's apartment. Once there Sakura disappeared from sight as Inuyasha clasped onto the floor. His heart was still beating a mile a minute. This time, he will make sure never to make the same mistake again.
Once he was sure he was safe, he drifted off to sleep. That night he had no dreams, but when he awoke, he got the feeling that something was missing. Looking around, he couldn't put his finger on it. Everything seemed to be where it was suppose to be. And he didn't have a lot so he would have notice if something was missing.
He couldn't shake the feeling as he got to Kaede's house. While he was making breakfast, the old woman came downstairs to sit at the kitchen table. The hanyou saw her looking around for someone. He watched her as if she was crazy, but after a few moments she stopped looking around and looked at him.
"Is something wrong?" Inuyasha asked her.
"Where is ye friend?" the old woman questioned.
"What friend?" the hanyou asked confused.
"The girl. The one that follows you." Kaede answered.
Well, there you have it. Another chaper. And once again, I don't own Inuyasha and friends. I hope you all enjoyed it. Until next, Cya. And please don't forget to drop a review. ^_~ Thanks
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